The discourse was studied in the light of Edwards Said’s theory of Orientalism, Noelle-Neumann’s theory of the spiral of silence and finally theories of moral panic in the spirit of Cohen and political moral panic in the spirit of Shafir and Schairer.
Orðræðan var skoðuð í ljósi kenninga Edwards Saids um óríentalisma, Noelle-Neumann um þagnarsvelginn og loks kenninga um siðfár í anda Cohens og um pólitískt siðfár á anda Shafir og Schairer.