Decline of a Moral Panic: A Social Psychological and Socio-Legal Examination of the Current Status of Satanism

Negative perceptions resulting from heavy media exposure surrounding membership in minority religions affect how individuals process information about such group membership. This was apparent in the United States during moral panics in the second half of the twentieth century involving new religious...

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Authors: Reichert, Jenny (Author) ; Richardson, James T. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Californiarnia Press 2012
In: Nova religio
Year: 2012, Volume: 16, Issue: 2, Pages: 47-63
Further subjects:B media influence
B Satanism in court
B Satanism
B Social Psychology
B Moral Panic
B juror bias
B Cults
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