moral panic

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von moral panic im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

A semi-spontaneous or media-generated mass movement based on the perception that an individual, group, community, or culture is dangerously deviant and poses a menace to society. A public outcry

Attributive form of moral panic

moral-panic control.

Silbentrennung

mor·al pan·ic

Türkische aussprache

môrıl pänîk

Aussprache

/ˈmôrəl ˈpanək/ /ˈmɔːrəl ˈpænɪk/

Etymologie

() Coined in 1972 by Stanley Cohen, who coined the phrase to describe media coverage of Mods and Rockers in Great Britain in the 1960s.