Moral Panics and Social Control in the Covid-19 Pandemic

Moral Panics and Social Control in the Covid-19 Pandemic presents a series of case studies which focus on particular social processes and interactions during the COVID-19 pandemic, applying the tools offered by classical studies on moral panic and moral panic theory to illuminate both political and popular responses.

List of contents

Foreword
A moral(izing) virus. An introduction
Chapter 1. Navigating fear: how the pandemic moral regulation affected social control with adverse impacts on Italian society
Chapter 2. Tackling moral panic on Covid-19 pandemic: highlights of the institutional response against infodemic in the Italian context
Chapter 3. Angels and "No Vax". Moral Panic and Culture of Healthcare Control: The Impact of Covid on Medical Staff in Italy
Chapter 4. Care home staff and the COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The moral panic that nobody showed up for
Chapter 5. Media representations of COVID-19 pandemic and the spread of moral panic in the Iranian society: a case study
Chapter 6. "Disease Spreaders". Anti-Roma Racism in the Time of COVID-19
Chapter 7. Intersecting Racialized and Health Panics: Expanding the Regime of Illegality Under the Trump Administration
Chapter 8. Moral Panic and Ethnic Minorities During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Difference, Control and Ethnic Exclusion in Berlin and Seville
Social control and moral panics in pandemic times. A conclusion

About the author

Morena Tartari is Associate Professor of Criminology and Sociology at the Department of Social Sciences, Northumbria University, UK.
Cirus Rinaldi is Professor of Sociology of Law, Deviance, and Social Change in the Department of Cultures and Societies of the University of Palermo, Italy.
Riccardo Caldarera received his master's degree in Criminological and Forensic Psychology from the University of Turin. He is a PhD student in "Disuguaglianze, differenze, partecipazione" at the University of Palermo, Italy.

Product details

• Authors: Morena Rinaldi Tartari
• Assisted by: Riccardo Caldarera (Editor), Cirus Rinaldi (Editor), Morena Tartari (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 05.09.2025
• EAN: 9781032591469
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3259146-9
• No. of pages: 168
• Series: The COVID-19 Pandemic Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Media science; History, Media Studies, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, Anthropology, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Illness & addiction: social aspects, Humanities, Social and cultural anthropology, Human biology, Medical Sociology, Health, illness and addiction: social aspects, Medical Anthropology