Scroungers by James Morrison - 9781786992147

Name: Scroungers by James Morrison - 9781786992147
Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

ScroungersMoral Panics and Media Myths\nAuthor(s): James Morrison\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: Zed Books Ltd\nISBN-13: 9781786992147, 978-1786992147\nSynopsis\nScroungers, spongers, parasites \n\nThese are just are some of the terms that are typically used, with increasing frequency, to describe the most vulnerable in our society, whether they be the sick, the disabled, or the unemployed. Long a popular scapegoat for all manner of social ills, under austerity weve seen hostility towards benefit claimants reach new levels of hysteria, with the undeserving poor blamed for everything from crime to even rising levels of child abuse.\n\nWhile the tabloid press has played its role in fuelling this hysteria, the proliferation of social media has added a disturbing new dimension to this process, spreading and reinforcing scare stories, while normalising the perception of poverty as a form of deviancy that runs contrary to the neoliberal ag.