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1 online resource (xxxvi, 322 pages) |
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Dubious dangers on roadways and campuses: how fears are sold -- Crime in the news: tall tales and overstated statistics -- Youth at risk: faulty diagnoses and callous cures -- Monster moms: on the art of misdirection -- Black men: how to perpetuate prejudice without really trying -- "Smack is back": when presidents and the press collude, the scares never stop -- Metaphoric illnesses: how not to criticize the establishment -- Plane wrecks: small danger, big scare -- Final thoughts: the martians aren't coming -- New fears for a new century: and some old ones updated |
| Summary |
In the age of 9/11, the War on Terror, financial collapse, and around-the-clock coverage of child abductions, our society is defined by fear. Glassner shows that it is our perception of danger that has increased, not the actual level of risk, and he exposes the price we pay for social panic |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Social perception -- United States
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Social problems -- United States
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Anxiety -- United States
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Fear -- United States
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Social Psychology.
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Anxiety.
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Fear.
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Social conditions
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Social perception.
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Social problems.
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Sociale problemen.
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Sociale waarneming.
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Angst.
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Sociologische aspecten.
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Beïnvloeding.
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Rädsla -- Förenta staterna.
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Rädsla för brott -- Förenta staterna.
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United States -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140511
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United States.
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Förenta staterna -- sociala förhållanden.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780465004430 |
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0465004431 |
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1282449427 |
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9781282449428 |
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9786612449420 |
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661244942X |
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