moral panic (sociology)
A social process beginning with the exaggerated *representation in the *mass media of isolated acts of deviant social behaviour (such as mugging, football hooliganism, vandalism, joy-riding, drug abuse, road rage, and child abuse) as a major social crisis of epidemic proportions. The media's sustained coverage of such incidents as a coherent ‘story’ reflects the use of ... ...
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