Kenneth Thompson

Moral Panics

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. März 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 199mm x 131mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 191g
• ISBN-13: 9780415119771
• ISBN-10: 0415119774
• Artikelnr.: 22156966

Autorenporträt

Kenneth Thompson is Professor of Sociology at the Open University.

Inhaltsangabe

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