Panic: sudden uncontrollable fear of anxiety, often causing wildly unthinking behaviour.
The idea of a Moral Panic is that someone or something evil/negative is threatening the moral way of life. Historically this had led to literal witch hunts, outing communist, anti-semitism and various other groups as being dangerous.
Whereas in the period before the 1990s Moral Panics were spread by word of mouth, rumour and tabloid journalism. The rise in internet use and access led to information (and mis-information) being spread far and wide rapidly.
With the advent of Web 2.0 band social media becoming popular, moral panic's spread more widely and quickly.
Despite the actual group that caused the terror attacks being Islamic extremists Al-Qaeda, ideas of violence, hatred and terror have become associated with Islam following the 9/11 attacks. Racism became much more prevalent and wasn't dealt with as people in positions of power weren't punishing the racism and often joining in on it.
Media Panics:
- Violent video games
- Slipknot
- Eminem
- Instagram 'influencers'
- Little Britain
- The Royal British Legion
- Gender Rights
- The COVID-19 Vaccine
Social media as a source of moral panic:
- Cyber Bullying
- Catfishing
- Misinformation
- Trolling
- Access to inappropriate content
- Cloning
- Radicalisation
- Blackmail + extortion
- Anonymity and lack of consequence
- Body Image
- Social Isolation
- Likes Replacing Interaction
- Employer Checks
Identify two ways that the term 'moral panic' relates to the use of social media channels (2 marks)
One way in which moral panics relate to the use of social media is body image, young people online look up to unobtainable body standards of social media influences which causes serious negative effects on the young person such as eating disorders, self harm, depression and many more. Another way moral panics relate to the use of social media is
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