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Moral Panics

Moral Panics Hard cover - 1998

by Kenneth Thompson

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Hard Cover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; 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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  • Title Moral Panics
  • Author Kenneth Thompson
  • Binding Hard Cover
  • Condition New
  • Pages 176
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Routledge
  • Date 1998-03-12
  • Bookseller's Inventory # ria9780415119764_pod
  • ISBN 9780415119764 / 0415119766
  • Weight 0.8 lbs (0.36 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 in (21.59 x 13.97 x 1.27 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Moral conditions, Moral panics
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 97028401
  • Dewey Decimal Code 302.542

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From the publisher

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

About the author

Kenneth Thompson is Professor of Sociology at the Open University.