Glassner, Barry,  1952- <br/><br/>
The culture of fear :  why Americans are afraid of the wrong things / 
Barry Glassner. 
 - New York, NY :  Basic Books,  c1999. 
 - xxviii, 281 p. ;  21 cm. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0465014909 (pbk.) :  $14.00 9780465014903 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Social psychology.<br/>Social perception--United States.<br/>Anxiety--United States.<br/>Fear--United States.<br/>Alltag<br/>Furcht<br/>Angst<br/>Risikobewusstsein
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>USA
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HM 251  / G549c 1999 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>302.17/0973