It takes the average reader 4 hours and 44 minutes to read Folk Devils and Moral Panics by Stanley Cohen
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
'Richly documented and convincingly presented' -- New Society Mods and Rockers, skinheads, video nasties, designer drugs, bogus asylum seeks and hoodies. Every era has its own moral panics. It was Stanley Cohen's classic account, first published in the early 1970s and regularly revised, that brought the term 'moral panic' into widespread discussion. It is an outstanding investigation of the way in which the media and often those in a position of political power define a condition, or group, as a threat to societal values and interests. Fanned by screaming media headlines, Cohen brilliantly...
Folk Devils and Moral Panics by Stanley Cohen is 282 pages long, and a total of 71,064 words.
This makes it 95% the length of the average book. It also has 87% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 28 minutes to read Folk Devils and Moral Panics aloud.
Folk Devils and Moral Panics is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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