A moral panic sometimes passes over and is forgotten, except in folklore and collective memory.

Evidence

Folk Devils and Moral Panics: The creation of the Mods and Rockers (Stanley Cohen (Routledge))

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
• XREF: connects to: Folktales can escalate into moral panics in troubled times. — Lynley Hood, A City Possessed, 77; Sometimes the panic passes over and is forgotten, except in folklore and collective memory; at other times it has more serious and long-lasting repercussions. — Moral Panic - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics; Even if a specific moral panic does not seem to leave immediate traces of routinization, its very happening may leave memories and cognitive deposits. — FOREWORD: Moral Panics—36 Years On (+7 more)

Related

• Sometimes the panic passes over and is forgotten, except in folklore and collective memory; at other times it has more serious and long-lasting repercussions. (similarity 0.91)
• Even if a specific moral panic does not seem to leave immediate traces of routinization, its very happening may leave memories and cognitive deposits. (similarity 0.85)
• The concept of a permanent moral panic contradicts its definition. (similarity 0.84)
• Moral panics reflect deeper social tensions rather than real threats. (similarity 0.83)
• The Mods and Rockers panic reflected wider societal anxieties about youth, technology, and moral decline rather than the actual scale of antisocial behaviour. (similarity 0.81)
• In his study, the folk devils were the violent youth subcultures, ‘mods and rockers’. The creation of folk devils can kickstart a moral panic. (similarity 0.81)
• Even without immediate traces of routinization, moral panics create cognitive deposits and memories that may make the next panic have longer-lasting effects; thus no moral panic should be… (similarity 0.81)
• Fuelling moral panics and creating folk devils are blunt public health tools with potential for consequences that bludgeon the vulnerable. (similarity 0.80)
• Moral panics are characterized by an exaggerated, stylized folk devil perceived as threatening the social order, which attracts public hostility. (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Public warnings can provoke the panic they seek to avoid. #qualifies (0.65) — Cohen, Stanley, Folk devils and moral panics, 617