Author:
Glassner, Barry.
Edition Statement:10th anniversary ed.
Imprint:New York, NY : Basic Books, 2009.
Descriptionxxvi, 322 p. ; 21 cm.
Note:Dubious dangers on roadways and campuses: how fears are sold -- Crime in the news: tall tales and overstated statistics -- Youth at risk: faulty diagnoses and callous cures -- Monster moms: on the art of misdirection -- Black men: how to perpetuate prejudice without really trying -- "Smack is back": when presidents and the press collude, the scares never stop -- Metaphoric illnesses: how not to criticize the establishment -- Plane wrecks: small danger, big scare -- Final thoughts: the Martians aren't coming -- New fears for a new century: and some old ones updated.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
