Documents tagged with moral panics

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"Against Techno-Panics" by Adam Thierer, PFF (July 2009 - Inside ALEC)

An essay by Adam Thierer of the Progress & Freedom Foundation (www.PFF.org) arguing against "techno-panics," ; or public and political crusades against the use of new media or technologies by the you...
  • Adam Thierer published this 07 / 15 / 2009
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The Politicisation of Popobawa: Changing Explanations of a Collective Panic in Zanzibar

Walsh, M. T. 2009. The Politicisation of Popobawa: Changing Explanations of a Collective Panic in Zanzibar. Journal of Humanities, 1 (1): 23-33.
  • kisutu published this 07 / 05 / 2009
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Diabolical Delusions and Hysterical Narratives in a Postmodern State

An illustrated seminar paper by Martin Walsh outlining and analysing different explanations for the collective panic that swept across Zanzibar in 1995 and was associated with nocturnal assaults by...
  • kisutu published this 04 / 05 / 2009
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