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Moral Panics, Social Fears and the Media : Historical Perspectives

This collection brings new international historical perspectives to the sociological concept of moral panics, setting out the theoretical and historiographical challenges presented by moral panic theory and indicating new directions in the field. Individual sections present moral panic theory in historical context; explore contemporary fears of new media; and challenge conventional conceptualisations of the media’s historical role in channelling social fears and fomenting moral panics.

Nicholas’s contribution: intellectual design of project; close editorial oversight of all contributions; co-authored Introduction (pp.1-9); sole-authored chapter, 'Fifth Columnists, Collaborators and Black Marketeers: Fearing the ‘Enemy Within” in the Wartime British Media’, pp. 162-176.