A social psychological approach to understanding moral panic

Crime, Media, Culture

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 293-311

  Pearce, Julia M ^a   Charman, Elizabeth ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

asylum seekers; moral panic; social identity; social representations; thematic analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84455174073     PISSN: 17416590     EISSN: 17416604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1741659011417607     Document Type: Conference Paper

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