Moral Panics

Bibliographic Data

ID19929754
AuthorsKenneth W Thompson (The Open University, corresponding author), Kenneth Thompson (0000-0002-9986-2422)
Year2005
Pages176
Publication date2005-06-23
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueMoral Panics (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4324/9780203980903
OpenAlexW4230221922
Open LibraryOL22050050M
ISBN9780203980903
LanguageEN
Citations received13

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

Criminology · Moral panic · Crime, Deviance, and Social Control · Psychology · Deviant behavior · Hysteria (social psychology) · Moral conditions · Social problems

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