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UNINA9910782956703321 |
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Autore |
Thompson Kenneth <1937, > |
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Titolo |
Moral panics / / Kenneth Thompson |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1998 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-81161-6 |
1-134-81162-4 |
1-280-13908-0 |
0-203-98090-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (165 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Deviant behavior - Public opinion |
Deviant behavior in mass media |
Social problems - Public opinion |
Social problems in mass media |
Moral conditions |
Hysteria (Social psychology) |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [143]-148) and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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; |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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