(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) The aim of the class was to better understand the concept of moral panics, which are ...

A moral panic is the pervasive belief that some great wickedness is threatening society and must be stopped. Calling something a moral panic is a way to argue that people's fears or concerns are silly ...

When the FDA put out a warning about NyQuil chicken, it had the opposite effect of introducing more people to its existence.Tyler Le/Insider When the FDA warned about NyQuil chicken, it had the ...

The phrase "moral panic" refers to a fear-driven mass overreaction to a phenomenon that is either false or minor. Witch hunts are the usual manifestation of a moral panic. There are no witches (well, ...

The moral part of moral panic enters in two ways. Most such panics in the past were concerned with moral corruption of the young. The media were seen as inciting violence, crime, sexual promiscuity, ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Ron Barrett, Macalester College (THE CONVERSATION) The day before Charlie Kirk was ...

Whenever a new technology comes along that creates a revolutionarily new means of communication, the young glom onto it and their elders, or a highly vocal group of them, believe it is leading to the ...