TY  - GEN
T1  - Cultures of fear : a critical reader
T2  - Colección de libros electrónicos de ULoyola
T2  - Libros electrónicos en Ebscohost
A2  - Smith, Danielle Taana
A2  - Linke, Uli
LA  - English
PP  - New York
PB  - Pluto Press
YR  - 2009
UL  - https://colectivo.uloyola.es/Record/L193453
AB  - In this powerful new book, sociologist David L. Altheide demonstrates how the mass media constructs a politics of fear in America. He argues that politicians and decision-makers bear much of the blame for the promotion of fear among citizens, resulting in the loss of civil liberties in return for greater protection. From a social interactionist perspective, Altheide presents his thesis that fear-as-entertainment informs the production of popular culture and news, generates profits, enables political decision-makers to cynically manipulate citizens, and can lead to major institutional changes, even war.
SN  - 9781849644327
SN  - 9780745329666
KW  - Guerra y terrorismo : 2001-2009 : Aspectos psicológicos
KW  - Terrorismo : Aspectos sociales
KW  - Libros electrónicos
ER  -