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Familiar Strangers, Juvenile Panic and the British Press

The Decline of Social Trust
By:James Morrison
Publisher:Springer Nature
Print ISBN:9781137529947
eText ISBN:9781137529954
Edition:0
Copyright:2016
Format:Reflowable

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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.