ABSTRACT

In moral panic studies, pro-ana communities are usually considered folk devils. Namely, pro-ana culture is investigated as an object of ‘moral crusades’ led by scientists, physicians, activists, politicians, mass media, parents and many other social actors concerned about the epidemics of restrictive eating disorders. In this paper, I put aside this strand of moral panic research and discuss the role of pro-ana communities as facilitators of moral panic to bridge the macro-micro divide in scientific investigations of the pro-ana phenomenon. I propose to examine pro-ana people as entrepreneurs of the moral panic over obesity. This means that pro-ana communities can be analyzed as creating and spreading contemporary legends on obesity in their communication processes. Furthermore, I discuss and exemplify the roles of pro-ana people as amplifiers, supporters and enforcers of this panic. In addition, while reconnecting micro and macro levels in the explanation of the pro-ana phenomenon, I contribute to the development of moral panic theory, as the application of the concept of ‘moral panic’ to pro-ana communities facilitates niche formation in biomedical social research.

摘要

在道德恐慌研究中，支持安娜的社区通常被认为是民间恶魔。也就是说，亲ana文化被调查为由科学家、医生、活动家、政治家、大众媒体、父母和许多其他关注限制性饮食失调流行病的社会行为者领导的“道德十字军”的对象。在本文中，我搁置了这一系列道德恐慌研究，并讨论了支持安娜社区作为道德恐慌促进者的作用，以弥合对支持安娜现象的科学研究的宏观和微观鸿沟。我建议将支持安娜的人视为对肥胖的道德恐慌的企业家。这意味着支持ana 的社区可以被分析为在他们的交流过程中创造和传播关于肥胖的当代传说。此外，我还讨论并举例说明了支持安娜的人作为放大器的作用，这种恐慌的支持者和执行者。此外，在重新连接微观和宏观层面来解释 pro-ana 现象的同时，我为道德恐慌理论的发展做出了贡献，因为将“道德恐慌”概念应用于 pro-ana 社区有助于生物医学中的生态位形成。社会研究。