False alarm the truth about the epidemic of fear
Material type: TextPublication details: New Jersey John Wiley 2005Description: ix,246p. 24 cmISBN:- 0471678694
- 302.17 22 SI-F
- HM1033 .S525 2005
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302.17 GO-M Moral panics the social construction of deviance | 302.17 MO- Moral panic and the politcs of anxiety | 302.17 SE-P Problem of trust | 302.17 SI-F False alarm the truth about the epidemic of fear | 302.2 AN-E Effective communication the Kambar way | 302.2 BA-I Introduction to mass communication media literacy and culture | 302.2 BA-M Mass communication theory foundations, ferment and future |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-235) and index.
Introduction : the fear epidemic -- Why are we so afraid? -- It works for animals but not for us -- Our culture of worry -- Playing politics with fear -- Disasters : real or imagined -- Finding things to worry about -- Profiting from fear -- Anthrax -- Insects, pox, and lethal gas -- SARS -- Flu -- Cows, birds, and humans -- The fear prophets -- Is there a cure for fear?.
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