Even if a specific moral panic does not seem to leave immediate traces of routinization, its very happening may leave memories and cognitive deposits.

Evidence

FOREWORD: Moral Panics—36 Years On (JSTOR)

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 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 considered trivial. — ‘Good Moral Panics’ and the Late Modern Condition (+3 more)

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Broader Connections

• Moral panics can produce long-lasting changes in society. #corroborates (0.75) — Lynley Hood, A City Possessed, 55