Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780415119771
Publisert
1998-03-12
Utgiver
Vendor
Routledge
Vekt
206 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Aldersnivå
U, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
168
Forfatter
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Kenneth Thompson is Professor of Sociology at the Open University.
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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With the increasing number of moral panics in recent years triggered by incidents such as the Bulger case and the spread of AIDS, this book examines their wider significance particularly in terms of the functioning of the mass media.
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Chapter 1 ‘Why the Panic?’ — The Topicality of the Concept of Moral Panics; Chapter 2 The Classic Moral Panic—Mods and Rockers; Chapter 3 Moral Panics about Youth; Chapter 4 Moral Panic about Mugging; Chapter 5 Moral Panics about Sex and Aids; Chapter 6 Family, Children and Violence; Chapter 7 Female Violence and Girl Gangs; Chapter 8 Moral Panics about Sex on the Screen; Conclusion;
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780415119771
Publisert
1998-03-12
Utgiver
Vendor
Routledge
Vekt
206 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Aldersnivå
U, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
168
Forfatter