TY  - BOOK
AU  - Glassner,Barry
TI  - The culture of fear: why Americans are afraid of the wrong things 
SN  - 0465014909 (pbk.) :
AV  - HM 251 G549c 1999
U1  - 302.17/0973 
PY  - 1999///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Basic Books
KW  - Social psychology
KW  - Social perception
KW  - United States
KW  - Anxiety
KW  - Fear
KW  - Alltag
KW  - swd
KW  - Furcht
KW  - Angst
KW  - Risikobewusstsein
KW  - USA
N1  - 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
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