Class information for:
Level 2: MORAL PANIC//GOSSIP//FOLKLORE

Basic class information
ID Publications Average number
of references		 Avg. shr. active
ref. in WoS
3443 1097 40.4 18%


Bar chart of Publication_year

Last years might be incomplete

Classes in level above (level 3)


ID, lev.
above		 Publications Label for level above
512 18539 FOLKLORE//ZEITSCHRIFT FUR PADAGOGIK//MOBILIZATION

Classes in level below (level 1)


ID, lev. below Publications Label for level below
21933 343 MORAL PANIC//RITUAL ABUSE//CRIME MEDIA CULTURE
22544 321 FOLKLORE//URBAN LEGENDS//POPOBAWA
25428 233 GOSSIP//RUMORS//RUMOR
31678 119 PARENTAL COMPETENCES//RARE ANTS//MEDICAL EDUCATION REFORM
33975 81 BEWITCHMENT//SATANIC RITUAL ABUSE//SINE GRATINGS

Terms with highest relevance score


Rank Term Type of term Relevance score
(tfidf)		 Class's shr.
of term's tot.
occurrences		 Shr. of publ.
in class containing
term		 Num. of
publ. in
class
1 MORAL PANIC Author keyword 15 32% 4% 39
2 GOSSIP Author keyword 8 16% 4% 45
3 FOLKLORE Journal 7 12% 5% 56
4 RITUAL ABUSE Author keyword 3 50% 0% 5
5 URBAN LEGENDS Author keyword 3 50% 0% 5
6 RUMORS Author keyword 2 23% 1% 9
7 BEWITCHMENT Author keyword 2 67% 0% 2
8 SATANIC RITUAL ABUSE Author keyword 2 67% 0% 2
9 CRIME MEDIA CULTURE Journal 2 13% 1% 16
10 TRIAL BY MEDIA Author keyword 2 50% 0% 3

Web of Science journal categories

Author Key Words


Rank Web of Science journal category Relevance score
(tfidf)		 Class's shr.
of term's tot.
occurrences		 Shr. of publ.
in class containing
term		 Num. of
publ. in
class		 LCSH search Wikipedia search
1 MORAL PANIC 15 32% 4% 39 Search MORAL+PANIC Search MORAL+PANIC
2 GOSSIP 8 16% 4% 45 Search GOSSIP Search GOSSIP
3 RITUAL ABUSE 3 50% 0% 5 Search RITUAL+ABUSE Search RITUAL+ABUSE
4 URBAN LEGENDS 3 50% 0% 5 Search URBAN+LEGENDS Search URBAN+LEGENDS
5 RUMORS 2 23% 1% 9 Search RUMORS Search RUMORS
6 BEWITCHMENT 2 67% 0% 2 Search BEWITCHMENT Search BEWITCHMENT
7 SATANIC RITUAL ABUSE 2 67% 0% 2 Search SATANIC+RITUAL+ABUSE Search SATANIC+RITUAL+ABUSE
8 TRIAL BY MEDIA 2 50% 0% 3 Search TRIAL+BY+MEDIA Search TRIAL+BY+MEDIA
9 RUMOR 2 18% 1% 10 Search RUMOR Search RUMOR
10 SATANISM 1 31% 0% 4 Search SATANISM Search SATANISM

Key Words Plus


Rank Web of Science journal category Relevance score
(tfidf)		 Class's shr.
of term's tot.
occurrences		 Shr. of publ.
in class containing
term		 Num. of
publ. in
class
1 CONTEMPORARY LEGEND 20 100% 1% 9
2 SATANISM 6 80% 0% 4
3 LEGENDS 4 46% 1% 6
4 URBAN LEGENDS 4 46% 1% 6
5 SATANIC CULT 3 100% 0% 3
6 RUMORS 3 33% 1% 7
7 MORAL PANICS 2 38% 0% 5
8 MORAL REGULATION 2 50% 0% 3
9 SOCIAL PROBLEMS 2 11% 2% 17
10 GOSSIP 2 11% 2% 17

Journals


Rank Web of Science journal category Relevance score
(tfidf)		 Class's shr.
of term's tot.
occurrences		 Shr. of publ.
in class containing
term		 Num. of
publ. in
class
1 FOLKLORE 7 12% 5% 56
2 CRIME MEDIA CULTURE 2 13% 1% 16

Reviews


Title Publ. year Cit. Active
references		 % act. ref.
to same field
MORAL PANICS - CULTURE, POLITICS, AND SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION 1994 61 9 67%
Legendry and the rhetoric of truth 2008 9 16 88%
Moral panics and the social construction of deviant behavior: A theory and application to the case of ritual child abuse 1998 23 25 48%
Defining Deviance: A Comparative Review of Textbooks in the Sociology of Deviance 2011 1 1 100%
Rumor research revisited and expanded 1998 10 13 77%
"The ego ideal of the good camper" and the nature of summer camp 2006 2 3 100%
Constructing the sociology of social problems: Spector and kitsuse twenty-five years later 2002 6 2 100%
Moral panic: From sociological concept to public discourse 2009 18 12 33%
Optograms and Criminology: Science, News Reporting, and Fanciful Novels 2013 0 3 100%
No need to panic? A bumper crop of books on moral panics 2000 5 1 100%

Address terms


Rank Address term Relevance score
(tfidf)		 Class's shr.
of term's tot.
occurrences		 Shr. of publ.
in class containing
term		 Num. of
publ.
in class
1 CENTRUM STADSGE IEDENIS 1 50% 0.1% 1
2 CLASS LANGUAGES LITERATU 1 50% 0.1% 1
3 HLTH HUMAN CULTURE 1 50% 0.1% 1
4 LANCASTER LAW 1 50% 0.1% 1
5 SIR BERNARD CRICK PUBL UNDERSTANDING POLIT 1 50% 0.1% 1
6 SOKE HLTH 1 50% 0.1% 1
7 TEFSA PLATFORM THEORY DRIVEN SOCIAL WORK 1 50% 0.1% 1
8 TRANSLAT INTERPRETING STUDIES PROGRAM 1 50% 0.1% 1
9 TURK DILI EDEBIYATI BOLUMU OGRETIM UYESI 1 50% 0.1% 1
10 LAW JUSTICE JOURNALISM 1 29% 0.2% 2

Related classes at same level (level 2)


Rank Relatedness score Related classes
1 0.0000029610 FOLKLORE//WESTERN FOLKLORE//JOURNAL OF AMERICAN FOLKLORE
2 0.0000014281 NORBERT ELIAS//AHAD HAAM//CROSS ADDICTION
3 0.0000010641 REVIJA ZA KRIMINALISTIKO IN KRIMINOLOGIJO//CRIME LAW AND SOCIAL CHANGE//CRIMINAL JUSTICE SECUR
4 0.0000009022 ABDULRAZAK GURNAH//GURNAH//ROMESH GUNESEKERA
5 0.0000008277 DECRIMINALIZATION//DRUG POLICY//SPECIAL POPULAT
6 0.0000008164 MOBILIZATION//SYMBOLIC INTERACTION//SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
7 0.0000007743 CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY//CRIMINOLOGY//JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE
8 0.0000007599 MODERN JUDAISM//JEWISH JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY//ETHIOPIAN IMMIGRANTS
9 0.0000007319 JOURNAL OF PSYCHOHISTORY//GENDLIN//ANALYTISCHE PSYCHOLOGIE
10 0.0000007022 KORO//SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE PART B-MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY//ATAQUES DE NERVIOS