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Robert E. Bartholomew & Hilary Evans
Panic Attacks [EPUB ebook]
Media Manipulation and Mass Delusion

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Couverture du Robert E. Bartholomew & Hilary Evans: Panic Attacks (ePUB)

**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.

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Langue Anglais ● Format EPUB ● Pages 256 ● ISBN 9780752494708 ● Taille du fichier 0.3 MB ● Maison d’édition The History Press ● Lieu London ● Pays GB ● Publié 2004 ● Téléchargeable 24 mois ● Devise EUR ● ID 2659409 ● Protection contre la copie DRM sociale

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