0
Your cart

Your cart is empty

Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues

Buy Now

Creating Fear - News and the Construction of Crisis (Hardcover) Loot Price: R4,361
Discovery Miles 43 610
Creating Fear - News and the Construction of Crisis (Hardcover): David L. Altheide

Creating Fear - News and the Construction of Crisis (Hardcover)

David L. Altheide

Series: Social Problems & Social Issues

 (sign in to rate)
Loot Price R4,361 Discovery Miles 43 610 | Repayment Terms: R409 pm x 12*

Bookmark and Share

Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days

The creative use of fear by news media and social control organizations has produced a "discurse of fear" - the awareness and expection that danger and risk are lurking everywhere. Case studies illustrates how certain organizations and social institutions benefit from the explotation of such fear construction. One social impact is a manipulated public empathy: We now have more "victims" than at any time in our prior history. Another, more troubling resutl is the role we have ceded to law enforcement and punishment: we turn ever more readily to the state and formal control to protect us from what we fear. This book attempts through the marshalling of significant data to interrupt that vicious cycle of fear discourse.

General

Imprint: Routledge
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Social Problems & Social Issues
Release date: December 2017
First published: 2002
Authors: David L. Altheide
Dimensions: 229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 237
ISBN-13: 978-1-138-52143-8
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > General
Promotions
LSN: 1-138-52143-4
Barcode: 9781138521438

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!

You might also like..

Heart Of A Strong Woman - From Daveyton…
Xoliswa Nduneni-Ngema, Fred Khumalo Paperback R350 R301 Discovery Miles 3 010
Imtiaz Sooliman And The Gift Of The…
Shafiq Morton Paperback  (1)
R360 R281 Discovery Miles 2 810
Better Choices - Ensuring South Africa's…
Greg Mills, Mcebisi Jonas, … Paperback R350 R301 Discovery Miles 3 010
Expensive Poverty - Why Aid Fails And…
Greg Mills Paperback R360 R309 Discovery Miles 3 090
Sabotage - Eskom Under Siege
Kyle Cowan Paperback  (2)
R340 R266 Discovery Miles 2 660
Eight Days In July - Inside The Zuma…
Qaanitah Hunter, Kaveel Singh, … Paperback  (1)
R340 R292 Discovery Miles 2 920
Killing Karoline - A Memoir
Sara-Jayne King Paperback  (1)
R325 R279 Discovery Miles 2 790
Bloed, Dunner as Water - Suid-Afrika se…
Charne Kemp Paperback R340 R292 Discovery Miles 2 920
Confronting Inequality - The South…
Michael Nassen Smith Paperback R250 R195 Discovery Miles 1 950
Flight Of The Diamond Smugglers - A Tale…
Matthew Gavin Frank Paperback R441 R365 Discovery Miles 3 650
The Enforcers - Inside Cape Town's…
Caryn Dolley Paperback  (1)
R295 R200 Discovery Miles 2 000
Falling Monuments, Reluctant Ruins - The…
Hilton Judin Paperback R395 R309 Discovery Miles 3 090

See more

Partners