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.
€24.60
Table of Content
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.
Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 254 ● ISBN 9781137529954 ● File size 2.9 MB ● Publisher Palgrave Macmillan UK ● City London ● Country GB ● Published 2016 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 4867111 ● Copy protection Social DRM
More ebooks from the same author(s) / Editor
1,766 Ebooks in this category
