The Culture of Fear_ Why Americans Are Afraid of the Wrong Things - Barry Glassner [180]
on aviation safety
on AMBER Alert system
on black anti-Semitism
on black/white shootings
on Bryant
on crack babies
on downsizing
on drug abuse
on elder abandonment
on fatherlessness
on GWS
on Halloween crimes
on Homeland Security warnings
on implant-milking attorneys
on Internet dangers
on juvenile crime
on Kubeck
on Lopez
on monster moms
on Muhammad
on 9/11 attacks
on pornography/pedophilia
prints terror scenarios
on rap lyrics
on Shakur
on teen gambling
on teen suicide
on teen violence
on television murders
on youth violence
Nicolson, Garth on GWS
Nieman Reports, on workplace health/safety issues
“Nightline”
on breast implants
on Valujet crash
Nixon, Richard drug abuse and
Northeastern University
Novak, Thomas on cyberporn
Nursing homes, problems with
NVIC. See National Vaccine Information Center
Obama, Barack
decision to run for president
Obama, Michelle
Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA)
criticism of
news stories about
Occupational injuries
media coverage of
rate of
O’Day, Dawn
O’Day, Misty
O’Driscoll, Patrick
on road rage
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention OJJDP)
O’Hayer, Dennis on road rage/guns
Ohio State University
Oklahoma City bombing
Olin Foundation
O’Neill, Barry
On the Safe Side
Oppositional defiant disorder
Oprah Winfrey Show
on metaphoric illnesses
on road rage
O’Quinn, John breast implant suits by
OSHA. See Occupational Health and Safety Administration
Osiris, myth of
Overblown (Mueller)
Pager, Devah
Panics
heydays for. See also Fear mongering
Patriot Act
“Papa’z Song” (Shakur)
Parks, Rosa attack on
PC. See Political correctness
Pedophiles
clergy and
in cyberspace
e-mail from
fear mongering about
homosexuality and
molestation and
murders by
studies of
Pena, Federico on Valujet crash
Pennington, Chris
Koontz and
Peoplemagazine
on gun control laws
on Hamilton/pedophilia
on Riggs murder
on road rage
on teen motherhood
teen sex survey
Pereles, Jon on Shakur
Pergament, Moshe on teen gambling
Perot, Ross
Pharmaceutical industry
advertising by
politics and
scientific research and
Philadelphia Daily News, on road rage
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, on Koontz
Plato, on children/allegory
Pliny the Elder
Poe, Edgar Allan
Political correctness (PC)
conservatives and
fear of
mass media and
power of
Pollitt, Katha
Pornographer’s Handbook: How to Exploit Women, Dupe Men &MakeLots of
Money, The
Pornography. See Child pornography
Povich, Maury
Powell, Colin
Prescriptions
errors in
sexism and
Presidential Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans’ Illnesses
Price, Craig murders by
“Primetime,” on aviation safety
Project Exile, Richmond, Virginia
Product liability cases
breast implant
black men and
Prozac
Pseudo-dangers
coverage of
Psychiatric hospitals, adolescent admissions to
Psychology Today, on Young
Psychotropic drugs
Public Broadcasting Corporation, Bennett on
Pygmalion Effect
Qaeda, al
Quayle, Dan
on Shakur
teen motherhood and
Quillian, Lincoln
Quindlen, Anna
Quintana, Adella pregnancy of
Quintana, Francesca
Racism
fear mongering and
stereotypes and
and teen pregnancy
and 2008 election
Rainey, James
Ramsey, JonBenet murder of
Rape crisis
furor over. See also Date rape
Rap musicians
campaign against
fear mongers and
Rather, Dan
Reagan, Ronald
drug abuse and
Reich, Robert on down-waging/down-benefiting
Reuter, Peter
Reuters news agency, on Hamilton/pedophilia
Richmond, Virginia’s “Project Exile,”
Ricki Lake Show, on teen pregnancy
Riggs, Anthony murder of
Riggs, Toni
Riggs murder and
Rimm, Marty
cyberporn and
experiment by
Ritalin
children on
Rivera, Geraldo on child abduction
Rivers, Caryl on crime victims
Road rage
coverage for
deaths from
and drunk driving compared
fear mongering and
guns and
increase in
Richard Schlessinger on
Roberts, Cokie on breast implants
Roberts, Deborah on flower children/drug abuse
Roberts, Paul Craig
on Chico State/PC
on white males
Robertson, Pat
Robinson, Desmond