Contributions

  • Ben-Yehuda, Nachman. - Contributor

Publication

2009 - Wiley-Blackwell, Malden, MA, Massachusetts

Language

English

Word Count

74,750 words, Guess

Page Count

299 pages

Identifiers

and 9 more
  • ISBN-101405189339
  • Goodreads6916070
  • LibraryThing1279052
  • WikidataQ115379958
  • Library of Congress Control Number2009007417
  • OCLC Control Number313017360
  • Better World Books9781405189330
  • Better World Books9781405189347
  • Open LibraryOL23174689M

Classifications

  • DDC302/.17
  • LCCHM811 .G667 2009
  • LCCHM811.G667 2009

Description

Packed with new examples and material, this second edition provides a fully up-to-date exploration of the genesis, dynamics, and demise of moral panics and their impacts on the societies in which they take place.: Packed with updated and recent examples including terrorism, the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Towers, school shootings, flag burning, and the early-2000s resurgence of the "sex slave" scare; Includes a new chapter on the media, currently regarded as a major component of the moral panic; Devotes a chapter to addressing criticisms of the first edition as well as the moral panics conc.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Moral panicsWiley-Blackwell2009

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