Panic Attacks Media Manipulation and Mass Delusion
Innbundet /
2004
/ Engelsk
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780750937856
Publisert
2004-08-19
Utgiver
The History Press Ltd; The History Press Ltd
Vekt
400 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Dybde
10 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
256
Om bidragsyterne
Robert E. Bartholomew is a sociologist at James Cook University in Queensland, Australia. His previous books include UFO's & Alien Contact: Two Centuries of Mystery, Hoaxes, Myths and Manias: Why We Need Critical Thinking and Mass Hysteria: A Social History of the Strange. Hilary Evans, director of the Mary Evans Picture Library, is a member of the Society for Psychical Research.**Examining the ability of the media to whip up a panic and our tendency to fall victim to mass delusion and hysteria. **This title discusses America's "kissing bug" scare of 1899; Seattle's atomic fallout fiasco of 1954; the phantom slasher of Taipei in 1956; Belgium's recent Coca-Cola poisoning scare and the "mad gasser" of Mattoon, and more.
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Panic attacks
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780750937856
Publisert
2004-08-19
Utgiver
The History Press Ltd; The History Press Ltd
Vekt
400 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Dybde
10 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
256