Scroungers: Moral Panics and Media Myths

ISBN-13: 9781786992130 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 332 str.

James Morrison

Opis

An examination of the disturbing rise of 'scrounger-phobia' in the media and society at large, and how this has fuelled popular hostility towards benefit claimants.

Spis treści

Introduction: Scroungerphobia Revisited: Shirker-Bashing and Feral Freak-Shows 1. Moral Panics, Scapegoating and the Persistence of Pauper Folk-Devils 2. Problem Families and ‘The Workless’: The Rhetorical Roots of Shirkerphobia 3. Framing the Poor: Images of Welfare and Poverty in Today’s Press 4. Deliberating Deservingness: The Public’s Role in Constructing Scroungers 5. Incidental Scroungers: Normalizing Anti-Welfarism in Wider Press Narratives Conclusion: From Division to Unity: A Manifesto for Rebuilding Trust Appendix 1: Framing Analysis Methodology Appendix 2: Sentiment Analysis Methodology