Moral Panics

Moral Panics - Key Ideas

Hardback (12 Mar 1998)

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Publisher's Synopsis

It is widely acknowledged that this is the age of moral panics. From the Bulger case to mad cow disease, newspaper headlines continually warn of some new danger and television programmes echo the theme with sensational docmenturies.
This concise survey will help student trace the development of ideas of moral panic and to analyse how changing public perceptions are shaped and reflected through the media over time. Using examples drawn from:
* club culture and raves
* mugging
* sex and AIDS
* children, violence and the family.

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Book information

ISBN: 9780415119764
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Imprint: Routledge
Pub date:
DEWEY: 302.17
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 157
Weight: 278g
Height: 208mm
Width: 136mm
Spine width: 19mm