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Directly addresses key issues and debates of public interest in the UK, including the Jimmy Savile inquiries, criminal prosecutions of elderly paedophiles, and inquiries into allegations of historical abuse by politicians
Provides historical context with an overview of the evolution of perceptions and representations of children and childhood down the centuries
One of the first empirically based books to analyse the way in which readers contribute and respond to newspaper narratives in posts on discussion threads
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
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.
Reviews
"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)
Authors and Affiliations
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Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK
James Morrison
About the author
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.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Familiar Strangers, Juvenile Panic and the British Press
Book Subtitle: The Decline of Social Trust
Authors: James Morrison
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137529954
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Limited, part of Springer Nature 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-52994-7Published: 29 February 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-95845-0Published: 16 October 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-52995-4Published: 08 April 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 254
Topics: Journalism, Media and Communication, Youth Culture, Crime and Society, Youth Offending and Juvenile Justice