Moral panic concepts can be applied to public health debates around addictive design.

Evidence

Moral Panic or Public Health Crisis? Lessons from Drugs and Gambling for ‘Addictive’ Design (Emory Law Scholarly Commons)

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
• XREF: connects to: The Lawrence case lacked essential elements for a moral panic. — Cohen, Stanley, Folk devils and moral panics: the…, 40; The terms ‘addiction’ and ‘addictive design’ can be the right ones for capturing distinctive concerns, though they are fraught. — Moral Panic or Public Health Crisis? Lessons from Drugs and Gambling for ‘Addictive’ Design; The Momo Challenge illustrates how contemporary legends can trigger moral panics in the digital age. — The Momo Challenge and the Intersection of Contemporary Legend and Moral Panic (+6 more)

Related

• The terms ‘addiction’ and ‘addictive design’ can be the right ones for capturing distinctive concerns, though they are fraught. (similarity 0.93)
• Concerns regarding addictive design have been explicitly articulated at the political level, including in EU resolutions. (similarity 0.81)