Panic attacks : media manipulation and mass delusion / Robert E. Bartholomew, Hilary Evans.
Publisher: Stroud, Gloucestershire : The History Press, 2004Description: 1 online resource (347 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resource001: EBC1152342ISBN: 9780752494708 (e-book)Other title: Panic attacks : the history of mass delusionSubject(s): Mass media -- Influence | Hysteria (Social psychology)Genre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 302.23 LOC classification: HM1206 | .B37 2004Online resources: Click to View| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
**Examining the ability of the media to whip up a panic and our tendency to fall victim to mass delusion and hysteria. **This title discusses America's "kissing bug" scare of 1899; Seattle's atomic fallout fiasco of 1954; the phantom slasher of Taipei in 1956; Belgium's recent Coca-Cola poisoning scare and the "mad gasser" of Mattoon, and more.
First published in 2004 by Sutton Publishing.
Includes bibliographical references.
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBL, viewed October 7, 2015).
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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