San Bernardino Valley College The Devil Goes to Day Care Discussion

I’m working on a writing question and need a sample draft to help me learn.

“The Devil Goes to Day Care” describes the moral panic that happened in the 1980s following an accusation of ritual satanic abuse at a day care.  The author states that the tension between the family sphere and the market economy made the local day care center a target of conflict, which boiled over after Judy Johnson accused Raymond Buckey of abusing her son. You are going to identify another case of moral panic and consider how people learned of it and how people promoted it.  How did that moral panic differ from the Satanic panic of the 1980s?  How was media different?  Was it pure propaganda? Would more ethos and logos in contemporary journalism have stopped the panic? Were economic conditions and social tensions similar?  Were other conditions significant? 

You will use “The Devil Goes to Day Care” as your main text, and at least two sources from the Academic Database/EBSCO Host as references.  These may be academic journals, newspapers, or magazines, but no blogs or websites besides EBSCOHost.