Moral Panics

Moral Panic - A moral panic is an intense feeling expressed in a population about an issue that appears to threaten the social order.^[1] Moral panics are in essence controversies that involve arguments and social tension, and in which agreement is difficult because the matter at its centre is taboo.^[2] The media are key players in the dissemination of moral indignation, even when they do not appear to be consciously engaged in crusading or muckraking. Simply reporting the facts can be enough to generate concern, anxiety or panic. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_panic



Happy Slapping - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7293829.stm
http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/apr/26/ukcrime.mobilephones

NeckNomination - http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/neknomination-craze-claims-fifth-victim-as-20yearold-bradley-eames-is-found-dead-after-downing-two-pints-of-gin-9131987.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/news/10649164/NekNominate-alcohol-deaths-rise-fuelled-by-online-drinking-games.html
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/feb/10/cardiff-man-death-neknominate-drinking-game

Kylie Jenner Challenge - http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/i-tried-kylie-jenner-challenge-5570777
http://metro.co.uk/2015/04/20/people-are-using-bottle-tops-to-get-kylie-jenner-lips-on-social-media-and-its-terrifying-5158382/


E Cigerettes - http://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2015/p0416-e-cigarette-use.html
http://www.itv.com/news/update/2015-06-10/e-cigarettes-adverts-banned-on-social-media/

Nos - http://www.gloucestercitizen.co.uk/Concerns-hippy-crack-popularity-Gloucester-moves/story-26690480-detail/story.html

http://www.wigantoday.net/news/local/warning-over-legal-highs-1-7346699

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/aaron-dunford-deadly-hippy-crack-5949338


These are examples of moral panics as the media has taken a small proportion of the population where the crazes have  ended in a negative way and exaggerated it to scare the wider population .