1 Introduction
2 Media and Sociological Theory: Framing, Agenda Setting, and Cultivation Theory
3 From Social Phenomenon to Social Problem: The Obama Administration
4 Spillover Violence, the Coming Invasion: A Moral Panic
5 Social Problems and Moral Panics During the Trump Administration
6 Conclusion
Epilogue
Biography
Omar Camarillo is an Associate Professor of Criminal Justice and Sociology at Eastern New Mexico University. He earned his PhD in Sociology, with a major emphasis in Crime, Law, and Deviance and a minor emphasis in Sociology of Culture from Texas A&M University. His research interests include drug trafficking organizations, gun trafficking, drug trafficking, human trafficking, drug-related violence, spillover violence, gangs, media and crime, deviance, critical criminology, war crimes, and popular culture.
