Editing Moral panic (section)

==== Mods and rockers (1960s) ====
{{Main|Mods and rockers}}

In early 1960s Britain, the two main [[youth subculture]]s were [[Mod (subculture)|Mods]] and [[Rocker (subculture)|Rockers]]. The "Mods and Rockers" conflict was explored as an instance of moral panic by sociologist [[Stanley Cohen (sociologist)|Stanley Cohen]] in his seminal study ''Folk Devils and Moral Panics'',{{sfn|Cohen|2002|p=}} which examined media coverage of the Mod and Rocker riots in the 1960s.<ref>British Film Commission (BFC) (PDF), Film Education.</ref>

Although Cohen acknowledged that Mods and Rockers engaged in [[street fighting]] in the mid-1960s, he argued that they were no different from the evening brawls that occurred between non-Mod and non-Rocker youths throughout the 1950s and early 1960s, both at seaside resorts and after football games.{{sfn|Cohen|2002|p=27}}