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Panic Attacks: Media Manipulation and Mass Delusion

Panic Attacks: Media Manipulation and Mass Delusion

by Robert E. Bartholomew (Author), Hilary Evans (Author)

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    Hardcover 2004

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Synopsis

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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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 256
 Edition: UK ed.
 Publisher: The History Press
Published: 19 Aug 2004
ISBN 10: 0750937858
ISBN 13: 9780750937856

Author Bio
Robert E. Bartholomew is a sociologist at James Cook University in Queensland, Australia. His previous books include UFO's & Alien Contact: Two Centuries of Mystery, Hoaxes, Myths and Manias: Why We Need Critical Thinking and Mass Hysteria: A Social History of the Strange. Hilary Evans, director of the Mary Evans Picture Library, is a member of the Society for Psychical Research.