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Moral Panicking

Moral Panicking is a sociological theory that explains how public anxieties about perceived moral threats are amplified by media and institutional actors, leading to disproportionate social reactions that construct deviant groups as existential dangers to societal values.

147

Publications

10.5K

Citations

174

Authors

103

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

19

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Publications

147

Moral Panics: The Social Construction of Deviance.

Norris R. Johnson, Erich Goode, Nachman Ben‐Yehuda · Social Forces · 1997 · 780 citations

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Moral Panics: The Social Construction of Deviance.

Philip Jenkins, Erich Goode, Nachman Ben‐Yehuda · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1996 · 632 citations

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Rethinking 'Moral Panic' for Multi-Mediated Social Worlds

Ángela McRobbie, Sarah Thornton · British Journal of Sociology · 1995 · 553 citations

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Moral Panics: Culture, Politics, and Social Construction

Erich Goode, Nachman Ben‐Yehuda · Annual Review of Sociology · 1994 · 500 citations

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On the concept of moral panic

David Garland · Crime Media Culture An International Journal · 2008 · 429 citations

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Authors

174

  1. SP
    Sean P. Hier

    University of Victoria, Canada

    8 publications · 566 citations

    8

    h-index

  2. EG
    Erich Goode

    Stony Brook University, United States

    6 publications · 2.1K citations

    6

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  3. NB
    Nachman Ben‐Yehuda

    Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

    6 publications · 2.1K citations

    6

    h-index

  4. PJ
    Philip Jenkins

    Pennsylvania State University, United States

    3 publications · 833 citations

    3

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  5. ÁM
    Ángela McRobbie

    Goldsmiths University of London, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 713 citations

    3

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Institutions

103

  1. University of Victoria

    Victoria, Canada

    6 h-index

    9 publications

    607 citations

  2. University of Sheffield

    Sheffield, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    220 citations

  3. State University of New York

    Albany, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    633 citations

  4. The University of Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    225 citations

  5. Ontario Tech University

    Oshawa, Canada

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    244 citations

  6. Umeå University

    Umeå, Sweden

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    70 citations

  7. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    457 citations

  8. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    9 publications

    270 citations

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Venues

  1. Deviant Behavior

    8 publications · 338 citations

    8

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  2. Crime Media Culture An International Journal

    8 publications · 651 citations

    8

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  3. The British Journal of Criminology

    7 publications · 593 citations

    7

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  4. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 7 publications · 559 citations

    7

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  5. British Journal of Sociology

    BJS · 6 publications · 1.4K citations

    6

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