The Myth of Moral Panics
Author | : Bill Thompson |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 341 |
Release | : 2013-09-11 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781135083601 |
ISBN-13 | : 1135083606 |
Rating | : 4/5 (606 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Myth of Moral Panics written by Bill Thompson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-11 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study provides a comprehensive critique - forensic, historical, and theoretical - of the moral panic paradigm, using empirically grounded ethnographic research to argue that the panic paradigm suffers from fundamental flaws that make it a myth rather than a viable academic perspective.