Folk devils, news icons and the construction of moral panics: Heroin chic and the amplification of drug threats in contemporary society

Journalism Studies

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 945-961

  Denham, Bryan E ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exemplification; Heroin chic; Moral panics; Narcotics; News icons

Indexed keywords

EID: 72949109079     PISSN: 1461670X     EISSN: 14699699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616700802227811     Document Type: Article

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