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Familiar Strangers, Juvenile Panic and the British Press: The Decline of Social Trust

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Morrison J (2016) Familiar Strangers, Juvenile Panic and the British Press: The Decline of Social Trust. London: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137529954

Abstract
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

Keywords
Moral panic; panic; juvenile panic; juvenile; children; child; risk; trust; social trust; interpersonal trust; strangers; familiar strangers; stranger danger; British press; press; newspapers; media; news media; victims; childhood

StatusPublished
Publication date31/12/2016
Publication date online30/04/2016
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
Place of publicationLondon
ISBN978-1-137-52995-4
eISBN978-1-137-52995-4

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Dr James Morrison

Dr James Morrison

Associate Prof. in Journalism, Communications, Media and Culture