Familiar Strangers, Juvenile Panic and the British Press

The Decline of Social Trust

AvJames Morrison

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

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This book argues that Britain is gripped by an endemic and ongoing panic about the position of children in society – which frames them as, alternately, victims and threats. It argues the press is a key player in promoting this discourse, which is rooted in a wide-scale breakdown in social trust.

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Utgivningsdatum:2016-02-29
Mått:140 x 216 x 20 mm
Vikt:474 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:254
Förlag:Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:9781137529947

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Dr James Morrison is an experienced journalist and university lecturer. He worked for a number of years as a reporter, first on local then national newspapers – including the Independent on Sunday. He has lectured in journalism and public affairs since 2003, and is currently senior lecturer in journalism at Kingston University, UK.

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"A great read and an important contribution to our understanding of how anxiety towards young people mutates into the narrative of panic." - Frank Furedi, University of Kent, UK

Innehållsförteckning

1. Trust, Risk and Framing Contemporary Childhood.- 2. 'Worthy' Versus 'Unworthy' Children: Images of Childhood Through Time.- 3. Our Children and Other People's: Childhood in the Age of Distrust.- 4. Commercializing Distrust: Framing Juveniles in the News.- 5. 'Every Parent's Worst Nightmare': the Abduction of April Jones.- 6. Strangers No More: Towards Reconstructing Trust.- Bibliography.