Moral Panics

1. Auflage 1998
ISBN: 978-0-415-11976-4
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 176 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 351 g

Reihe: Key Ideas

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Thompson, Kenneth

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften Medienphilosophie, Medienethik, Medienrecht
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltsoziologie, Umweltpsychologie, Umweltethik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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;

Über Autor(innen)

Kenneth Thompson is Professor of Sociology at the Open University.