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The culture of fear : why Americans are afraid of the wrong things
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The culture of fear : why Americans are afraid of the wrong things

著者: Barry Glassner
出版商: New York, NY : Basic Books, ©1999.
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"In this eye-opening examination of a pathology that has swept the country, sociologist Barry Glassner reveals why Americans are burdened with overblown fears. He exposes the people and organizations that manipulate our perceptions and profit from our anxieties: politicians who win elections by heightening concerns about crime and drug use even as both are declining; advocacy groups that raise money by exaggerating  再读一些...
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附加的形体格式: Online version:
Glassner, Barry.
Culture of fear.
New York, NY : Basic Books, c1999
(OCoLC)607305752
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所有的著者/提供者: Barry Glassner
ISBN: 0465014895 9780465014897 0465014909 9780465014903
OCLC号码: 41385323
描述: xxviii, 276 p. ; 25 cm.
内容: 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.
责任: Barry Glassner.
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"In this eye-opening examination of a pathology that has swept the country, sociologist Barry Glassner reveals why Americans are burdened with overblown fears. He exposes the people and organizations that manipulate our perceptions and profit from our anxieties: politicians who win elections by heightening concerns about crime and drug use even as both are declining; advocacy groups that raise money by exaggerating the prevalence of particular diseases; TV newsmagazines that monger a new scare every week to garner ratings." "Barry Glassner's book diagnoses a predominant pathology of our age and provides a rallying cry for a return to rationality in our personal lives and in our national sense of purpose."--BOOK JACKET.

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