Beginning with a history of mass hysteria and social delusions, this work differentiates between the two and investigates mass hysteria in closed settings such as work and school, and mass hysteria in communities with incidents such as gassings, Pokemon illnesses in Japan and medieval dance.
Beginning with a history of mass hysteria and social delusions, this work differentiates between the two and investigates mass hysteria in closed settings such as work and school, and mass hysteria in communities with incidents such as gassings, Pokemon illnesses in Japan and medieval dance.
Robert E. Bartholomew has taught sociology in Australia at The Flinders University of South Australia and James Cook University in Queensland. A former broadcast journalist and contributor to news organizations such as the Associated Press and United Press International, he currently teaches at Botany College in Auckland, New Zealand.
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Table of Contents Foreword Preface SECTION ONE: OVERVIEW 1. Mass Hysteria and Social Delusions SECTION TWO: MASS HYSTERIA IN CLOSED SETTINGS 2. Epidemic Hysteria in Schools 3. Epidemic Hysteria at Work SECTION THREE: MASS HYSTERIA IN COMMUNITIES 4. The Mad Gasser of Virginia 5. The Mad Gasser of Mattoon 6. Pokémon TV Show Sickens Thousands in Japan 7. Rethinking the Medieval Dancing Mania SECTION FOUR: COLLECTIVE DELUSIONS 8. Penis Panics 9. Imaginary Air Raids on Canada 10. The Phantom Sniper of Esher, England 11. The Ghost Rockets 12. The Wish Mania as a Moral Panic in Reverse 13. Before Roswell 14. The Martian Invasion Panic SECTION FIVE: MAJOR ISSUES AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS 15. From Demon Possession to Environmental Fears Notes Index
Table of Contents Foreword Preface SECTION ONE: OVERVIEW 1. Mass Hysteria and Social Delusions SECTION TWO: MASS HYSTERIA IN CLOSED SETTINGS 2. Epidemic Hysteria in Schools 3. Epidemic Hysteria at Work SECTION THREE: MASS HYSTERIA IN COMMUNITIES 4. The Mad Gasser of Virginia 5. The Mad Gasser of Mattoon 6. Pokémon TV Show Sickens Thousands in Japan 7. Rethinking the Medieval Dancing Mania SECTION FOUR: COLLECTIVE DELUSIONS 8. Penis Panics 9. Imaginary Air Raids on Canada 10. The Phantom Sniper of Esher, England 11. The Ghost Rockets 12. The Wish Mania as a Moral Panic in Reverse 13. Before Roswell 14. The Martian Invasion Panic SECTION FIVE: MAJOR ISSUES AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS 15. From Demon Possession to Environmental Fears Notes Index
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