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A moral panic, also called a social panic, is a widespread feeling of fear that some evil person or thing threatens the values, interests, or well-being of a community or society. It is "the process of arousing social concern over an issue", usually elicited by moral entrepreneurs and sensational mass media coverage, and exacerbated by politicians and…
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moral panic | Author | Stanley Cohen | 1.00 | infobox |
| Moral panic | Published | 1972 (1st ed., MacGibbon and Kee) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Moral panic | Published | 1980 (2nd ed., Basil Blackwood) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Moral panic | Published | 2002 (3rd ed., Routledge) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Moral panic | is a | fundamental category error | 0.90 | text |
| the Red Scare | instance of | which include concepts | 0.80 | text |
| terrorism.It differs from mass hysteria | instance of | which include concepts | 0.80 | text |
| which is closer to a psychological illness rather than a sociological phenomenon | instance of | which include concepts | 0.80 | text |
| alcohol | instance of | their presence in and around the family is hardly acknowledged.Alcohol and other drugsSubstances used for pleasure | 0.80 | text |
| other drugs are popularly subject to legal action | instance of | their presence in and around the family is hardly acknowledged.Alcohol and other drugsSubstances used for pleasure | 0.80 | text |
| criminalization due to their alleged harms to the health of those who partake in them or general order on the streets | instance of | their presence in and around the family is hardly acknowledged.Alcohol and other drugsSubstances used for pleasure | 0.80 | text |
| alcohol | instance of | Alcohol and other drugsSubstances used for pleasure | 0.80 | text |
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