The Media as an Antidote to Fear

Colin Read
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Colin Read: SUNY College

Chapter 27 in The Fear Factor, 2009, pp 215-220 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The media is the conduit that allows us to create order in an increasingly complex civilization. It seeks out the information it believes we need to know and processes that information so that it is most accessible and relevant to us. Sometimes, though, in an effort to compete, it substitutes entertainment under the guise of information. Unfortunately, fear catches our attention better than almost any other emotion. The cultivation of fear allows the media to sell advertising so that it can remain competitive.

Keywords: Large Hadron Collider; Housing Price; Hedge Fund; Public Broadcasting; Economic Education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230250864_28

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