Moral panics / Kenneth Thompson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thompson, Kenneth, 1937-

Series:

Key ideas.

Key ideas

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Deviant behavior--Public opinion.

Deviant behavior.

Deviant behavior in mass media.

Social problems--Public opinion.

Social problems.

Social problems in mass media.

Moral conditions.

Hysteria (Social psychology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (165 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; PREFACE; 1 'WHY THE PANIC?' — THE TOPICALITY OF THE CONCEPT OF MORAL PANICS; 2 THE CLASSIC MORAL PANIC—MODS AND ROCKERS; 3 MORAL PANICS ABOUT YOUTH; 4 MORAL PANIC ABOUT MUGGING; 5 MORAL PANICS ABOUT SEX AND AIDS; 6 FAMILY, CHILDREN AND VIOLENCE; 7 FEMALE VIOLENCE AND GIRL GANGS; 8 MORAL PANICS ABOUT SEX ON THE SCREEN; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; NAME INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [143]-148) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-134-81161-6

1-134-81162-4

1-280-13908-0

0-203-98090-5

9780203980903

OCLC:

213815836