Protecting our children from Internet smut: moral duty or moral panic? From: The Humanist | Date: September 1, 1997| Author: Wilkins, Julia | COPYRIGHT 1997 American Humanist Association. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The problem of pornography on the internet has been blown out of proportion by the media. 'Moral panic' resulted from the suggestion in one article, later retracted, that 83.5% of images on the Internet are pornographic. In fact, pornographic sites are not easily accessible and usually require a credit card.

The term moral panic is one of the more useful concepts to have emerged from sociology in recent years. A moral panic is characterized by a wave of public concern, anxiety, a...

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