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An edition of The Culture of Fear (1999)

The culture of fear

why Americans are afraid of the wrong things

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  • 2 Have read

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.

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Basic Books
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English
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282

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Subjects

Anxiety, Fear, Social perception, Social problems, Social psychology, Angoisse, Angst, Beïnvloeding, Risikobewusstsein, Vorurteil, Sociale waarneming, Sociale problemen, Peur, Perception sociale, Problèmes sociaux, Furcht, Sociologische aspecten, Alltag, Soziale Wahrnehmung, Social conditions, Kollektive Angst, United states, social conditions, 1980-, Optimism, United states, social conditions, Violence in mass media, Diseases, Press coverage

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The Culture of Fear: Why Americans Are Afraid of the Wrong Things
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1999, Basic Books
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Table of Contents

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.

Edition Notes

Originally published in 1999.

Reprinted with "Reader discussion guide" by Hal Hager: p. 259-264.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-257) and index.

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Library of Congress
HN59.2 .G58 1999b,

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Pagination
xxviii, 282 p. ;
Number of pages
282

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OL23012432M
ISBN 10
0465014909
OCLC/WorldCat
54764458, 44575449
Library Thing
29692
Goodreads
41231

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