How to Succeed In Writing the Next Social/Techno Panic Article Without Really Trying

The present is not like the past. People generally tend to think of this as a bad thing. Here we present a helpful step-by-step guide for fame and success in being a researcher who blasts the panic button at whatever new social change or technology has come around. We present an article template and research project that can be adapted to any time and any social change or new technology. By following this handy guide, fame can be yours as well. No one should write empirical papers to try to cause panics about social and technology panics. But if one is going to, this step by step can help demonstrate the tried and true formula for success, from overstating the case, using alarmist language, and questionable practices.