The Culture of Fear_ Why Americans Are Afraid of the Wrong Things - Barry Glassner [133]
8 Jim Naureckas, “The Jihad That Wasn‘t,” Extra, July 1995, pp. 6—10, 20 (contains quotes). See also Edward Said, “A Devil Theory of Islam,” Nation, 12 August 1996, pp. 28-32.
9 Lewis Lapham, “Seen but Not Heard,” Harper’s, July 1995, pp. 29-36 (contains Clinton quote). See also Robin Wright and Ronald Ostrow, “Illusion of Immunity Is Shattered,” Los Angeles Times, 20 April 1995, pp. A1, 18; Jack Germond and Jules Wit-cover, “Making the Angry White Males Angrier,” column syndicated by Tribune Media Services, May 1995; and articles by James Bennet and Michael Janofsky in the New York Times, May 1995.
10 Tom Morganthau, “The Lull Before the Storm?” Newsweek, 4 December 1995, pp. 40-42; Mike Males, “Wild in Deceit,” Extra, March 1996, pp. 7-9; Progressive, July 1997, p. 9 (contains Clinton quote); Robin Templeton, “First, We Kill All the 11-Year-Olds,” Salon, 27 May 1998.
11 Statistics from “Violence and Discipline Problems in U.S. Public Schools: 1996-97,” National Center on Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC, March 1998; CNN, “Early Prime,” 2 December 1997; and Tamar Lewin, “Despite Recent Carnage, School Violence Is Not on Rise,” New York Times, 3 December 1997, p. A14. Headlines: Time, 15 January 1996; U.S. News & World Report, 25 March 1996; Margaret Carlson, “Children Without Souls,” Time, 2 December 1996, p. 70. William J. Bennett, John J. DiIulio, and John Walters, Body Count (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996).
12 CNN, “Talkback Live,” 2 December 1997; CNN, “The Geraldo Rivera Show,” 11 December 1997; Richard Lacayo, “Toward the Root of Evil,” Time, 6 April 1998, pp. 38-39; NBC, “Today,” 25 March 1998. See also Rick Bragg, “Forgiveness, After 3 Die in Shootings in Kentucky,” New York Times, 3 December 1997, p. A14; Maureen Downey, “Kids and Violence,” 28 March 1998, Atlanta Journal and Constitution, p. A12.
13 Jocelyn Stewart, “Schools Learn to Take Threats More Seriously,” Los Angeles Times, 2 May 1998, pp. Al, 17; “Kindergarten Student Faces Gun Charges,” New York Times, 11 May 1998, p. All; Rick Bragg, ‘Jonesboro Dazed by Its Darkest Day” and “Past Victims Relive Pain as Tragedy Is Repeated,” New York Times, 18 April 1998, p. A7, and idem, 25 May 1998, p. A8. Remaining quotes are from Tamar Lewin, “More Victims and Less Sense in Shootings,”New York Times, 22 May 1998, p. A20; NPR, “All Things Considered,” 22 May 1998; NBC, “Today,” 25 March 1998. See also Mike Males, “Who’s Really Killing Our Schoolkids,” Los Angeles Times, 31 May 1998, pp. M1, 3; Michael Sniffen, “Youth Crime Fell in 1997, Reno Says,” Associated Press, 20 November 1998.
14 Overestimation of breast cancer: Willam C. Black et al., “Perceptions of Breast Cancer Risk and Screening Effectiveness in Women Younger Than 50,” Journal of the National Cancer Institute 87 (1995): 720-31; B. Smith et al., “erception of Breast Cancer Risk Among Women in Breast and Family History of Breast Cancer,” Surgery 120 (1996): 297-303. Fear and avoidance: Steven Berman and Abraham Wandersman, “ear of Cancer and Knowledge of Cancer,” Social Science and Medicine 31 (1990): 81-90; S. Benedict et al., “reast Cancer Detection by Daughters of Women with Breast Cancer,” Cancer Practice 5 (1997): 213-19; M. Muir et al., “ealth Promotion and Early Detection of Cancer in Older Adults,” Cancer Oncology Nursing Journal 7 (1997): 82-89. For a conflicting finding see Kevin McCaul et al., “reast Cancer Worry and Screening,” Health Psychology 15 (1996): 430-33.
15 Philip Jenkins, Pedophilesand Priests (New York: Oxford University Press, 1996), see esp. ch. 10; Debbie Nathan and Michael Snedeker, Satan’s Silence (New York: Basic Books, 1995), see esp. ch. 6; Jeffrey Victor, “he Danger of Moral Panics,” Skeptic 3 (1995): 44-51. See also Noelle Oxenhandler, “he Eros of Parenthood,” Family Therapy Networker (May 1996): 17-19.
16 Mary De Young, “he Devil Goes to Day Care,