It is widely acknowledged that this is the age of moral panics. From the Bulgercase to mad cow disease newspaper headlines continually warn of some newdanger an... » 

It is widely acknowledged that this is the age of moral panics. From the Bulgercase to mad cow disease newspaper headlines continually warn of some newdanger and television programmes echo the theme with sensational docmenturies.This concise survey will help student trace the development of ideas of moralpanic and to analyse how changing public perceptions are shaped and reflectedthrough the media over time. Using examples drawn from club culture and raves mugging sex and AIDS children violence and the family. «