Moral panic: From sociological concept to public discourse

Crime, Media, Culture

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 79-99

  Altheide, David L ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mass media; Moral panic; Social control; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

EID: 64149083445     PISSN: 17416590     EISSN: 17416604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1741659008102063     Document Type: Review

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