Some background for next Tuesday's debate. A ‘Good’ Moral Panic? wp.me/p2Yj14-w via WordPress.com

Taking part in #moralpanic debate next Tuesday 14th from 8 until 9pm Social Work & Social Media. Background: wp.me/p2Yj14-w via WordPress.com

one sign of a moral panic is the phrase 'it's just the tip of the iceberg'

Ingredients of a mp? 'Facts' from a dodgy survey,a quote from an 'expert' and the 'there's more than weformat of press statements#swscmedia

point about Savile is that due process has not taken place (and now cannot) therefore all sorts of things can be attributed theagentapsley

Call for abstracts for papers at final seminar #moralpanics and the state, Cardiff: moralpanicseminars.wordpress: apply by fri 27 September

Historical abuse is difficult to square with present values:'The past is a foreign country...' wp.me/p2Yj14-K via WordPress.com

hi maggie, practising my tweeting

Sign up for the new CPD course on Evaluation Research Methods at the University of Edinburgh organised by yours truly epay.ed.ac.uk/browse/extra_i…

Beware of being seen near children or animals, even when they are your own (if you are a man) wp.me/p2Yj14-3z via WordPress.com

By focusing on #Savile, what were we NOT looking at? Great blog post by Viviene Cree Gary Clapton & Mark Smith discoversociety.org/moral-panics-j…