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Scroungers - Moral Panics and Media Myths (Paperback)
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Scroungers - Moral Panics and Media Myths (Paperback)
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Scroungers, spongers, parasites ... These are just are some of the
terms that are typically used, with increasing frequency, to
describe the most vulnerable in our society, whether they be the
sick, the disabled, or the unemployed. Long a popular scapegoat for
all manner of social ills, under austerity we've seen hostility
towards benefit claimants reach new levels of hysteria, with the
'undeserving poor' blamed for everything from crime to even rising
levels of child abuse. While the tabloid press has played its role
in fuelling this hysteria, the proliferation of social media has
added a disturbing new dimension to this process, spreading and
reinforcing scare stories, while normalising the perception of
poverty as a form of 'deviancy' that runs contrary to the
neoliberal agenda. Provocative and illuminating, Scroungers
explores and analyses the ways in which the poor are portrayed both
in print and online, placing these attitudes in a wider breakdown
of social trust and community cohesion.
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