COVID-19, "Moral Panic" and Cultural Power in Digital Age
The outbreak of COVID-19 in late 2019 is still spreading all over the world. This sudden epidemic has not only led to a devastating disaster, but also triggered the psychological panic of all mankind. This psychological panic is mainly embodied at ontological level of life morality panic, and its es...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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David Publishing Company
2022
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Cultural and religious studies
Year: 2022, Volume: 10, Issue: 7, Pages: 352-362 |
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Covid-19
B digital narrative B cultural power B Populism B Moral Panic |
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| Summary: | The outbreak of COVID-19 in late 2019 is still spreading all over the world. This sudden epidemic has not only led to a devastating disaster, but also triggered the psychological panic of all mankind. This psychological panic is mainly embodied at ontological level of life morality panic, and its essence is the panic which might end individual’s hope for freedom. However, when ontological thinking of life morality comes to practical level, some digital narratives that pay too much attention to "user experience" will cause panic at the level of moral practice in audience, and then arouse populist feelings hidden in people. The increasingly updated digital technology not only enhances independent expression and communication ability of social individuals, but also leads to a gradually enlarged vicious circle between digital production mechanism and feelings of "moral panic populism". The rational implementation of cultural power through digital media may appropriately solve this problem. |
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| ISSN: | 2328-2177 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Cultural and religious studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.17265/2328-2177/2022.07.002 |