The term was coined by Stanley Cohen in his 1973 book Folk Devils and Moral Panics.

Evidence

Critical Thinking: Conspiracy Theories, Urban Legends, and Moral Panics (Southern Connecticut State University Library)

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• 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; First coined by Jock Young (1971) and, later, Stanley Cohen (1972) — Moral Panic - Library at University of Wisconsin-Parkside; Folk Devils and Moral Panics is a 1972 sociology book by Stanley Cohen — the first book to define the social concept. — Folk Devils and Moral Panics — Wikipedia (+3 more)

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• Folk Devils and Moral Panics is a 1972 sociology book by Stanley Cohen — the first book to define the social concept. (similarity 0.91)
• Cohen documented moral panics as sudden threats or disorders involving mass hysteria, delusion, and panic. (similarity 0.86)
• Moral panic is a widespread fear that some evil person or thing threatens the values of a community, first theorized by Stanley Cohen in 1972. (similarity 0.85)
• Cohen (1972, p. 9) defined moral panic as a condition where a group emerges to become defined as a threat to societal values and interests, presented in a stylized way by mass media. (similarity 0.85)
• Stanley Cohen showed how a small event can grow into a national moral crisis through media exaggeration, public fear, and official control measures. (similarity 0.85)
• 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 0.84)
• First coined by Jock Young (1971) and, later, Stanley Cohen (1972) (similarity 0.84)
• Cohen suggested that the term panic in itself connotes irrationality and a lack of control. (similarity 0.84)
• The phrase ‘moral panic’ was first used by Jock Young in 1971, but Cohen notes inspiration from Marshall McLuhan’s work on media. (similarity 0.83)
• The creation of folk devils can kickstart a moral panic, with violent youth subcultures as the folk devils. (similarity 0.83)
• The moral dimension of social reaction is essential to Cohen’s concept of moral panic. (similarity 0.83)
• The concept of a permanent moral panic contradicts its definition. (similarity 0.82)
• It was the first book to define the social theory of moral panic. (similarity 0.82)
• Cohen maintained that panic is a suitable term when used as an extended metaphor. (similarity 0.82)
• Fuelling moral panics and creating folk devils are blunt public health tools with potential for consequences that bludgeon the vulnerable. (similarity 0.81)