Moral Panics 2.0

By On 22/05/2010 · Leave a Comment

These kinds of moral panics come and go at regular intervals, triggered by dramatic, yet extremely rare events (such as the binge drinking deaths), and  promoted by dramatic and exaggerated re-dramatization of the (non)-events, ready for sensationalist media consumption. Lost in translation is rational analysis of these episodic phenomena.

via Moral Panics 2.0 | The Global Sociology Blog.

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