The Culture of Fear_ Why Americans Are Afraid of the Wrong Things - Barry Glassner [179]
Madonna
Magidson, Peggy
Magruder, Jeb
Maher, Bill
Males, Mike
Manson, Marilyn
Manzie, Sam
Werner murder and
“March Against Drugs” (ABC)
Marijuana
Marketing
cause-related
missing children and
Martin, Emily on vaccinations
Massing, Michael on heroin
Mass murder
homophobia/pedophilia and
“Maury Povich” show, Thorpe and
Mayo Clinic, breast implants and
MCS. See Multiple chemical sensitivity
Mead, Walter Russell on pedophile priests
Mean-world syndrome
Measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine
Media
availability heuristic and
culture of fear and
crime coverage
pharmaceutical industry and
PC and
portrayal of teenagers
and September 11, 2001,
Medical malpractice suits
Melvoin, Jonathan death of
Metaphorical illnesses
advocates for
fear campaigns about
lawsuits concerning
talk shows and
truth and
vaccines and
Miami Herald, on breast implants
Mickey Finn
Middleton, Otesa
Minneapolis Star Tribune, on abortion/child abuse
Missing children
coverage about
fear mongering about
marketing and
profiting from
as throwaways. See also Kidnapping
Missing Children’s Day
Modern Language Association, data from
Moehringer, J. R. on GWS
Mold, toxic
Molestation
homosexuals/heterosexuals and
Money magazine, on vaccines
Monster moms
child abuse by
media tales of
Moore, Joan
Moran, Richard
on random killings/unsolved murders
Morning After, The(Roiphe)
Morrison, Toni
Morrow, Lance on Hamilton/pedophilia
Mothers. See Monster moms
Single mothers
Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)
Moynihan, Daniel Patrick teen motherhood and
Ms. magazine
on breast implants
on sexism/drug prescriptions
on women/medical devices
Mueller, John, Overblown
Muhammad, Khalid
anti-Semitism of
attention for
Multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) coverage for
medicine and
Murder. See Homicides
Murphy, Sheigla on monster moms
MySpace
NAS. See National Association of Scholars
Nasty As TheyWanna Be (2 Live Crew), criticism of
Nation, The
National Academy of Science’s Institute of Medicine
National Association of Black Journalists
National Association of Private Psychiatric Hospitals, guidelines by
National Association of Scholars (NAS) and
National Center for Education Statistics, survey by
National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect
National College Health Risk Behavior Survey, statistics from
National Committee to Prevent Child Abuse
National Council of Breast Cancer Organizations
National Endowment for the Humanities, budget slashing at
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, road rage and
National Household Survey on Drug Abuse
National Public Radio
National Review
on battered husbands
National Rifle Association (NRA)
National Safe Kids Campaign, surveys by
National Transportation Safety Board, aviation safety and
National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC)
DPT vaccine and
Nation of Islam
NBC News
“The 411: Teens and Sex,”
on teen drug abuse
on Valujet crash
NBC’s To Catcha Predator(TV show)
Nerenberg, Arnold
Neuraesthenics
Neurologizing of social problems
Newcomb, Polly on breast cancer/abortion
New England Journal ofMedicine
on breast cancer/abortion
on breast implants
on GWS/birth defects
New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement, Rimm and
Newman, Richard on commuter airlines
New Republic, The
Newsmagazines on commuter air travel
News organizations media content and
Newsweek
on aviation safety
on budget carriers
on crack babies
on Dunblane massacre
on gun control laws
on Halloween crimes
on Hamilton
on homophobia/pedophilia
on illegitimacy
on Klaas murder
on rap lyrics
on road rage
on school shootings
on Smith
on TWA Flight 800 crash
on Werner murder
on youth crime
on vaccine dangers
New York Daily News
on black/white shootings
on Bryant
on drug wars
on Izquierdo
on unidentified black males
New York magazine, on crack epidemic
New York Observer
on TWA Flight 800 crash
New York Post
analysis of
on black/white shootings
on Internet/pedophiles
on Izquierdo
on Lopez
on TWA Flight 800 crash
New York Times