Moral Panic

Stanley Cohen first came up with the theory of Moral Panic : Identified when an object, person or event is identified as 'Harmful' to the general public. Cohen acknowledged that these accusations are often misconstrued  and ill informed - And are often used or generated to simply create fear in times of boredom.

A popular case was that of the video game Mass Effect; Fox news jumped on the opportunity to disparage it when they found out it contained sex when it was only rated a 15. They circulated lies such as in the game the player could "see full frontal nudity for up to 20 minutes at a time" and "Could have intercourse with any female character the player encounters" -- Fox news reporter