Creating Fear: News and the Construction of Crisis
Taking advantage of electronic information bases, Altheide, whose previous interpretive studies of the mass media are well known, uses a "tracking discourse" method to show how the nature and use of the word "fear" by mass media have changed over the years. His analysis examines how some of the topics associated with fear (e.g., AIDS, crime, immigrants, race, sexuality, schools, children) have shifted in emphasis, and how certain news organizations and social institutions benefit from the...
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Preface1Give the Devil His Due: Fear in Its Place12Tracking Discourse293The Problem Frame and the Production of Fear414The Discourse of Fear595Journalistic Interviewing1016Policing Crime and Fear in the News Media1257Children and the Discourse of Fear1558The Lens of Fear175References199Index211
\ From the Publisher“A prolific media scholar, Altheide (Arizona State Univ.) combines sociology with media studies to address why and how (and the degree to which) news media are making people more fearful of their surroundings and life in general… As the author sums it up, "The major point of this book is that fear has become more pervasive in our lives." Using some fascinating charts and diagrams to supplement his discussion, Altheide makes clear how and why this is true. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals.” —C. Sterling,Choice\ \
