1) What characteristics of a cult and/or conspiracy and/or moral panic do the case studies share?
2) How do the case studies show how the powerful make some group(s) of people "the Other" or the "scapegoat" blamed for society's problems? What do the powerful gain by it?
3) What do the case studies demonstrate that people fear? How can these fears be used against us? How can we identify these trends today and avoid the mistakes of the past? ( question 3 must revolve around the documentary West of Memphis)