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The Devil's music moral panic in the 1920s labeled blues and jazz as inciting violence and promoting promiscuity among white audiences. This fear targeted the African American experience and the perceived threat to the moral fabric of society. The media amplified these fears to create a narrative of dangerous and corrupting influences on youth.
Stanley Cohen defined the Mods and Rockers moral panic in 1960s Britain as a constructed threat from relatively minor street fighting conflicts. He identified four key agents in moral panics: the mass media, moral entrepreneurs, the culture of social control, and the public. The media labeled these youth subcultures as folk devils to create a sense of urgency and fear.
The Satanic ritual abuse panic in the 1980s and 1990s led to wrongful convictions including the case of the West Memphis Three. Two teenagers were sentenced to life in prison and one to death before all were released after 18 years in prison. The panic was fueled by media reports and beliefs in widespread abduction and ritual abuse by Satanic cults.
The date rape drug moral panic peaked in the late 1990s with media coverage between 1996 and 1998. A 2009 Australian study found that drug panel tests were unable to detect any drug in any of the 97 instances of patients admitted to the hospital believing their drinks might have been spiked. This led to the creation of new laws and policies based on exaggerated or fabricated claims.
The abduction, murder, and beheading of six-year-old Adam Walsh in 1981 took over nationwide news and led to a moral panic over child abduction. This event created a nation of petrified kids and paranoid parents and resulted in the creation of new laws for missing children. The media amplified these fears to paint child abductors as a serious threat to society.
The MySpace moral panic unfolded between 2005 and 2009 when concerns about predators roaming the website emerged. The US government introduced the Deleting Online Predators Act of 2006 and the reality television series To Catch a Predator fueled the panic. By 2010 the panic had disappeared primarily due to the decrease of visitors on the website and a shift to Facebook.