Hypodermic Needle Theory and Moral Panic

MORAL PANIC:

Moral panic is a feeling of fear spread among a large number of people that some evil threatens the well-being of society. A Dictionary of Sociology defines a moral panic as " the process of arousing social concern over and issue- usually the work of moral entrepreneurs and the mass media".
E.g. Isis

HYPODERMIC NEEDLE THEORY:

The hypodermic needle model ( also known as the hypodermic-syringe model, transmission-belt model, or magic bullet theory) is a model of communications suggesting that an intended message is directly received and wholly accepted by the receiver.