moral panic

English

Coined in 1972 by Stanley Cohen, who coined the phrase to describe media coverage of Mods and Rockers in Great Britain in the 1960s.

A semi-spontaneous or media-generated mass movement based on the perception that an individual, group, community, or culture is dangerously deviant and poses a menace to society. A public outcry.

mass movement, public outcry

Chinese: 道德恐慌 (daodekonghuang)
Dutch: morele paniek
Finnish: moraalinen paniikki
French: panique morale, tollé public
German: moralische Panik, allgemeiner Protest
Greek: ηθικός πανικός (ēthikós panikós), δημόσια κατακραυγή (dēmósia katakraugé)
Italian: panico morale

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