WR 121 Landwehr: Getting Started
Finding an Essay Topic in the Table of Contents
The Culture of Fear: Why Americans are Afraid of the Wrong Things was written by Barry Glassner. The original edition was published in 1999 with eight chapters. The 10th Anniversary Edition contains ten chapters, but only minor updates. You may be able to find an essay topic by looking at the structure of the book, as seen below.
Barry Glassner, formerly professor of sociology and executive vice provost at the University of Southern California, is now the president of Lewis & Clark College.
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1. Dubious Dangers on Roadways and Campuses: How Fears are Sold
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2. Crime in the News: Tall Tales and Overstated Statistics
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3. Youth at Risk: Faulty Diagnoses and Callous Cures
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4. Monster Moms: On the Art of Misdirection
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5. Black Men: How to Perpetuate Prejudice without Really Trying
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6. "Smack is Back": When Presidents and the Press Collude, the Scares Never Stop
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7. Metaphoric Illnesses: How not to Criticize the Establishment
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8. Plane Wrecks: Small Danger, Big Scare
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9. Final Thoughts: The Martians Aren't Coming
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10. New Fears for a New Century: And Some Old Ones Updated
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