It also helps us to set up the boundaries again and divide them and us . However, I think that this fear itself can become more destructive if we solve the problems caused by moral panic. The latest world-wide moral panic is pornography on the Internet. With this case study I intend to show that moral panic is dangerous not only because it creates fear of the other, but also because it does not allow us individually to work on this fear . First of all I have to state that I do not debate the existence of pornography on the Internet.
Pornography is one of the most controversial topics in relation to Internet.
There is a concern about and hostility towards the other who uncontrollably uses pornographic sites for pleasure, sells it, and makes it available to our children . According to the number of articles in the mass media and the public discourse there seems to be a consensus about the fact, that this a problem to be solved. I am not going to give examples about the disproportionality of the panic, but doing survey on the Internet is a very debatable fact in sociology nowadays. Although this number has lost its authority in the academic circles, the public and political discourse is still often relies on it. It became part of the public discourse.