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„Moral panics are perceived crises in the moral order, reinforcing the tendency of elites to embrace a single definition of the problem and the media to reproduce it. However, the defining elites can vary. With child abuse, for example, the dominant definition emerged from alliances between the social work profession, child saving organisations and government ministers. The police were key definers of street crime, paedophilia and rave/ecstasy, usually having to work hard to secure the support of politicians and the press. Some issues that become moral panics, such as immigration and asylum, embarrass governments. There the primary definition is more likely to come from some combination of press, opposition politicians and campaigning groups. On any issue the press may itself take the role of primary definer. Nevertheless, the primary definers of deviance are most likely to be those in authority to whom the media will normally defer, especially at times of perceived crisis.19“ (Hall et al., 2013, p. 393);„Moral panics are perceived crises in the moral order, reinforcing the tendency of elites to embrace a single definition of the problem and the media to reproduce it. However, the defining elites can vary. With child abuse, for example, the dominant definition emerged from alliances between the social work profession, child saving organisations and government ministers. The police were key definers of street crime, paedophilia and rave/ecstasy, usually having to work hard to secure the support of politicians and the press. Some issues that become moral panics, such as immigration and asylum, embarrass governments. There the primary definition is more likely to come from some combination of press, opposition politicians and campaigning groups. On any issue the press may itself take the role of primary definer. Nevertheless, the primary definers of deviance are most likely to be those in authority to whom the media will normally defer, especially at times of perceived crisis.19“ (Hall et al., 2013, p. 393)