Scroungers, moral panics and media myths, James Morrison
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Scroungers, moral panics and media myths, James Morrison
Language
eng
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Scroungers
Medium
electronic resource
Responsibility statement
James Morrison
Sub title
moral panics and media myths
Summary
An examination of the disturbing rise of 'scrounger-phobia' in the media and society at large, and how this has fuelled popular hostility towards benefit claimants., Scroungers, spongers, parasites . These are just are some of the terms that are typically used, with increasing frequency, to describe the most vulnerable in our society, whether they be the sick, the disabled, or the unemployed. Long a popular scapegoat for all manner of social ills, under austerity we've seen hostility towards benefit claimants reach new levels of hysteria, with the `undeserving poor' blamed for everything from crime to even rising levels of child abuse. While the tabloid press has played its role in fuelling this hysteria, the proliferation of social media has added a disturbing new dimension to this process, spreading and reinforcing scare stories, while normalising the perception of poverty as a form of `deviancy' that runs contrary to the neoliberal agenda. Provocative and illuminating, Scroungers explores and analyses the ways in which the poor are portrayed both in print and online, placing these attitudes in a wider breakdown of social trust and community cohesion
Target audience
specialized
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Creator
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Subject
- Poverty & unemployment
- Poverty + Press coverage
- Political structure & processes
- Higher & further education, tertiary education
- Welfare & benefit systems
- Media studies: Journalism
- Media studies
- Cultural studies
- Social welfare & social services
- Electronic books
- Social security beneficiaries + Public opinion
- Sociology
- Society
- Sociology & anthropology
- News media & journalism
- Moral panics
- Poverty in mass media
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Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
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- Classification1
- Creator1
- Genre1
- Subject17
- Poverty & unemployment
- Poverty + Press coverage
- Political structure & processes
- Higher & further education, tertiary education
- Welfare & benefit systems
- Media studies: Journalism
- Media studies
- Cultural studies
- Social welfare & social services
- Electronic books
- Social security beneficiaries + Public opinion
- Sociology
- Society
- Sociology & anthropology
- News media & journalism
- Moral panics
- Poverty in mass media
- Author1