Moral panics /
"This concise guide presents and compares the various different approaches that have been adopted in studies of moral panics and integrates concepts such as 'risk' which have been developed in related fields. With the increasing number of moral panics in recent years triggered by inci...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
1998.
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| Series: | Key ideas.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| Summary: | "This concise guide presents and compares the various different approaches that have been adopted in studies of moral panics and integrates concepts such as 'risk' which have been developed in related fields. With the increasing number of moral panics in recent years triggered by incidents such as the Bulger child murder by other children and the spread of AIDS, this book examines their wider significance, particularly in terms of the functioning of the mass media." "In this book, Kenneth Thompson traces the developments in moral panic studies and also reintroduces some of the initial broader relevance of this field by treating moral panics not simply as separate episodes but in relation to systems of representation and regulation, and as symptoms of wider social and cultural tensions."--Jacket |
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| Item Description: | EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 157 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-148) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 0203980905 9780203980903 9780415119771 0415119774 9780415119764 0415119766 1134811624 9781134811625 1280139080 9781280139086 9786610139088 6610139083 1134811616 9781134811618 |
