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Folk Devils and Moral Panics in the COVID-19 Pandemic analyses the phenomena of moral panics surrounding so-called ‘folk devils’ in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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“By applying the analytical tools of moral panic, a group of dedicated first-rate interdisciplinary scholars shine fresh new and innovative lights on global reactions to the COVID-19 pandemic. Readers will thus find a fascinating and positively reinforcing learning experience.” Nachman Ben-Yehuda, Professor of Sociology, The Hebrew University, Israel “Stan Cohen and Stuart Hall’s insights about moral panics revived and astutely applied to the COVID crisis.” Tony Platt, Professor Emeritus and Distinguished Affiliated Scholar, Center for Study of Law and Society, University of California, Berkeley, USA

“By applying the analytical tools of moral panic, a group of dedicated first-rate interdisciplinary scholars shine fresh new and innovative lights on global reactions to the COVID-19 pandemic. Readers will thus find a fascinating and positively reinforcing learning experience.” Nachman Ben-Yehuda, Professor of Sociology, The Hebrew University, Israel

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Morena Tartari is Associate Professor of Criminology and Policing in the Department of Social Sciences of Northumbria University, United Kingdom. She is a former Marie Curie postdoctoral fellow (University of Antwerp, Belgium). Her research has explored social issues including moral panics surrounding satanic ritual abuse, the stigmatisation of single mothers in institutional contexts, non-religious identities, practices and values, parenting cultures and digital risks and crimes. She is the author of several publications on the topic of moral panic. She is an active member of the Society for the Study of Social Problems. Cirus Rinaldi is Associate Professor of Sociology of Law, Deviance, and Social Change in the Department of Cultures and Societies of the University of Palermo, Italy, where he also coordinates the Bodies, Rights and Conflicts Research Group. His research explores deviance theory, sociological theories of sexuality, male sex work and LGBTQI+ issues. He is the author of the books Sesso, Sè e Società. Per una sociologia delle sessualità (2016) and Uomini che si fanno pagare: Genere, identità e sessualità nel sex work maschile tra devianza e nuove forme di normalizzazione (2020) in addition to many journal articles and contributions to edited collections. Cosimo Marco Scarcelli is Associate Professor of Sociology of Culture and Communication in the Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Education and Applied Psychology at the University of Padua, Italy, where he is also the Director of the BD Communication Programme. His research explores sexuality, gender, masculinities, digital culture, pornography, intimacies, love, emotions, and young people. He is particularly interested in qualitative and participatory research. He is the principal editor of Gender and Sexuality in the European Media (Routledge, 2021), associate editor of The International Encyclopedia of Gender, Media, and Communication (Wiley, 2020), and author of numerous journal articles. He is also an editor of the Journal of Gender Studies.

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