Familiar Strangers, Juvenile Panic and the British Press - The Decline of Social Trust

This book argues that Britain is gripped by an endemic and ongoing panic about the position of children in society - which frames them as, alternately, victims and threats. It argues the press is a key player in promoting this discourse, which is rooted in a wide-scale breakdown in social trust.

List of contents

1. Trust, Risk and Framing Contemporary Childhood.- 2. 'Worthy' Versus 'Unworthy' Children: Images of Childhood Through Time.- 3. Our Children and Other People's: Childhood in the Age of Distrust.- 4. Commercializing Distrust: Framing Juveniles in the News.- 5. 'Every Parent's Worst Nightmare': the Abduction of April Jones.- 6. Strangers No More: Towards Reconstructing Trust.- Bibliography.

About the author

Dr James Morrison is an experienced journalist and university lecturer. He worked for a number of years as a reporter, first on local then national newspapers – including the Independent on Sunday. He has lectured in journalism and public affairs since 2003, and is currently senior lecturer in journalism at Kingston University, UK.

Summary

This book argues that Britain is gripped by an endemic and ongoing panic about the position of children in society – which frames them as, alternately, victims and threats. It argues the press is a key player in promoting this discourse, which is rooted in a wide-scale breakdown in social trust.

Additional text

"A great read and an important contribution to our understanding of how anxiety towards young people mutates into the narrative of panic." – Frank Furedi, University of Kent, UK

Report

"A great read and an important contribution to our understanding of how anxiety towards young people mutates into the narrative of panic." - Frank Furedi, University of Kent, UK

Product details

• Authors: James Morrison
• Publisher: Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2018
• EAN: 9781349958450
• ISBN: 978-1-349-95845-0
• No. of pages: 254
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 13 mm x 217 mm
• Weight: 342 g
• Illustrations: X, 254 p.
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Journalism; Jugendkriminalität, Verstehen, B, Kulturwissenschaften, Verbrechen und Kriminologie (Kriminalistik), Altersgruppen: Jugendliche, Medienwissenschaften, Media, Media Studies, Cultural Studies, Communication, Journalism, Social Sciences, childhood, Media and Communication, Youth Culture, Crime & criminology, Age groups: adolescents, Youth—Social life and customs, Crime—Sociological aspects, Crime and Society, Youth Offending and Juvenile Justice, Juvenile delinquents, Juvenile offenders, victims, news media