Autori
Greco, Christopher
Brown, Gregory

Titolo
The Last Moral Panic: Conceptual Clarifications and the Possible Complications of Artificial Intelligence
Periodico
Culture e studi del sociale (Online)
Anno: 2025 - Volume: 10 - Fascicolo: 2 - Pagina iniziale: 9 - Pagina finale: 22

Moral panic is rarely defined in ways that move us beyond an unwillingness to accept alternative viewpoints or hierarchies of credibility. This paper outlines a definition of moral panic that maintains the analytical framework of studied groups and reads as "collective, corrective-intended behaviour based on an irrational belief that exaggerates the threat posed by a social problem". After describing that which constitutes a social problem and differentiating concepts from theories, we continue to deconstruct the definition in reverse order before presenting moral panic as a two-stage process and providing a discursive illustration. The paper ends with a discussion of how advancements in artificial intelligence may limit the concept's use.



SICI: 2531-3975(2025)10:2<9:TLMPCC>2.0.ZU;2-O
Testo completo: https://www.cussoc.it/journal/article/view/383/263

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