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‘A condition, episode, person or group of persons emerge to become defined as a threat to societal values and interests; its nature is presented in a stylised and stereotypical fashion by the mass media; the moral barricades are manned by editors, bishops, politicians and other right thinking people; socially accredited experts pronounce their diagnoses and solutions; ways of coping are evolved.’
Stanley Cohen


"The new moral panic lay not so much in the rise of ISIS, but rather the realisation that young British Muslims have joined their ranks, and that they were prepared to share with the social media savvy and other politically disillusioned young Muslim People in the UK the results of their 'work'".
The Justice Gap -http://thejusticegap.com/2015/05/jihadi-john-how-to-make-a-moral-panic/



"The fear of returning Jihadist bringing violence to the streets of Britain, and especially in the after math of the brutal killing of soldier Lee Rigby in broad daylight in Woolwich, London, served to heighten the insecurity in relatively secure Britain".
The Justice Gap -http://thejusticegap.com/2015/05/jihadi-john-how-to-make-a-moral-panic/

"Newspapers often point towards the decline of our society in regard to their reporting of moral panics, and constantly refer back to the 'good old days'" -  https://westerneye.net/comment/2013/02/has-the-medias-creation-of-moral-panics-caused-our-society-to-decline/