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Author_Karen Sternheimer
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Comic Book Creators
Comic Book Industry
Comic Books
courant
Crime Comic Books
crusaders
crusades
cultural regulation
delinquency
deviance construction
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Fl Ashing Lights
Gambling Devices
Gaming History
hartford
Hartford Courant
Hays Office
Horror Comics
juvenile
Juvenile Delinquency
Klan
machines
mass media influence
media sociology
moral
Moral Crusaders
Moral Crusades
Moving Picture
Moving Picture Shows
pinball
Pinball Machines
Psychiatrist Fredric Wertham
Rap Concerts
Record Burning
Signifi Cantly Diff Erent
Slot Machines
social control theory
sociological analysis of moral panics
Teen Sexting
Young Men
youth
youth risk perception
Product details
- ISBN 9780415748056
- Weight: 385g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 04 Dec 2014
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Moral panics reveal much about a society’s social structure and the sociology embedded in everyday life. This short text examines extreme reactions to American popular culture over the past century, including crusades against comic books, music, and pinball machines, to help convey the "sociological imagination" to undergraduates. Sternheimer creates a critical lens through which to view current and future attempts of modern-day moral crusaders, who try to convince us that simple solutions—like regulating popular culture—are the answer to complex social problems. Pop Culture Panics is ideal for use in undergraduate social problems, social deviance, and popular culture courses.
Karen Sternheimer is a sociologist at the University of Southern California, where she is a distinguished fellow at the USC Center for Excellence in Teaching. She is also the author of Connecting Popular Culture and Social Problems: Why Media is Not the Answer (2013), Celebrity Culture and the American Dream: Stardom and Social Mobility (2011), Kids Th ese Days: Facts and Fictions About Today’s Youth (2006), It’s Not the Media: The Truth About Pop Culture’s Influence on Children (2003), and is the editor and lead writer for everydaysociologyblog.com. She has provided commentary for NPR, CNN, MSNBC, the History Channel, and Fox News.
