Moral Panics
Moral Panics by Kenneth Thompson, published by Psychology Press in 1998, is a concise guide that explores various approaches to the study of moral panics. With 157 pages, this edition presents an analysis of significant incidents that have triggered moral panics, such as the Bulger child murder and the spread of AIDS, while examining their implications within the context of mass media.
In this book, readers will find an integration of concepts like ‘risk’ that have emerged in related fields, providing a comprehensive overview of moral panic studies. Kenneth Thompson traces the evolution of this area of research, emphasizing the interconnectedness of moral panics with broader social and cultural tensions. The work delves into how these phenomena are not isolated events but rather reflections of underlying systems of representation and regulation, making it relevant for those interested in history, psychology, and media studies.
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This concise guide presents and compares the various different approaches that have been adopted in studies of moral panics and integrates concepts such as ‘risk’ which have been developed in related fields. With the increasing number of moral panics in recent years triggered by incidents such as the Bulger child murder by other children and the spread of AIDS, this book examines their wider significance, particularly in terms of the functioning of the mass media. In this book, Kenneth Thompson traces the developments in moral panic studies and also reintroduces some of the initial broader relevance of this field by treating moral panics not simply as separate episodes but in relation to systems of representation and regulation, and as symptoms of wider social and cultural tensions.
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