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Presents more than three dozen studies of media scares from the 17th century to the 21st century, including hoaxes perpetrated via newspapers, radio, television and cyberspace. From the 1835 Batmen-on-the-Moon hoax to more recent bird flu scares and Hurricane Katrina myths, it explores hoaxes that highlight the impact of the media on our lives and its tendency to sensationalize.

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...surveys a wide breadth of social panics and scares that were fueled by the mass media..." —The Skeptic's Dictionary Newsletter

"...a must get for everyone interested in popular culture and why people believe and vehemently react to stories we hear on television, radio, our neighbors and, now, the internet." —Doubtful Newsblog

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    A Paperback by Robert E. Bartholomew, Benjamin Radford

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      Publisher: McFarland & Company
      Publication Date: 11/2/2011 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780786464982, 978-0786464982
      ISBN10: 0786464984

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Presents more than three dozen studies of media scares from the 17th century to the 21st century, including hoaxes perpetrated via newspapers, radio, television and cyberspace. From the 1835 Batmen-on-the-Moon hoax to more recent bird flu scares and Hurricane Katrina myths, it explores hoaxes that highlight the impact of the media on our lives and its tendency to sensationalize.

      Trade Review
      ...surveys a wide breadth of social panics and scares that were fueled by the mass media..." —The Skeptic's Dictionary Newsletter

      "...a must get for everyone interested in popular culture and why people believe and vehemently react to stories we hear on television, radio, our neighbors and, now, the internet." —Doubtful Newsblog

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