Scroungers, spongers, parasites These are just are some of the terms that are typically used, with increasing frequency, to describe the most vulnerable in our society, whether they be the sick, the disabled, or the unemployed. Long a popular scapegoat for all manner of social ills, under austerity we’ve seen hostility towards benefit claimants reach new levels of hysteria, with the ‘undeserving poor’ blamed for everything from crime to even rising levels of child abuse.While the tabloid press has played its role in fuelling this hysteria, the proliferation of social media has added a disturbing new dimension to this process, spreading and reinforcing scare stories, while normalising the perception of poverty as a form of ‘deviancy’ that runs contrary to the neoliberal agenda. Provocative and illuminating, Scroungers explores and analyses the ways in which the poor are portrayed both in print and online, placing these attitudes in a wider breakdown of social trust and community cohesion.
James Morrison
Scroungers [PDF ebook]
Moral Panics and Media Myths
Scroungers [PDF ebook]
Moral Panics and Media Myths
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语言 英语 ● 格式 PDF ● 网页 333 ● ISBN 9781786992154 ● 出版者 Zed Books ● 发布时间 2019 ● 下载 3 时 ● 货币 EUR ● ID 6813803 ● 复制保护 Adobe DRM
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