Fuelling the panic: the societal reaction to 'boy racers'

Fuelled by media coverage of reckless, irresponsible and anti-social driving, young (male) motorists are an area of concern for politicians, police and citizens more generally. In media and popular discourses the symbol of the boy racer has come to represent deviance, anti-social behaviour, criminal...

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Main Author:	Karen Lumsden
Format:	Default Article
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Other human society not elsewhere classified Other language, communication and culture not elsewhere classified Boy racers Moral panic Media Language, Communication and Culture not elsewhere classified Studies in Human Society not elsewhere classified
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/2134/11671
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