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Culture of fear (or climate of fear) is the concept that people may incite fear in the general public to achieve political or workplace goals through emotional bias. It was developed as a sociological framework by Frank Furedi[1] and has been more recently popularized by the American sociologist Barry Glassner.[2]
In politics
Nazi German politician Hermann Göring explained how people can be made fearful and to support a war they would otherwise oppose:
The people don't want war, but they can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. This is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and for exposing the country to danger. It works the same in every country.[3]
In her book State and Opposition in Military Brazil, Maria Helena Moreira Alves found a "culture of fear" was implemented as part of
Alves found the changes of the
Former
British academics Gabe Mythen and Sandra Walklate argue that following the September 11 attacks,
In his 2004 BBC documentary film series
In the workplace
Ashforth discussed potentially destructive sides of
In a study of
Impact of the media
The consumption of mass media has had a profound effect on instilling the fear of terrorism in the United States, though acts of terror are a rare phenomenon.[20] Beginning in the 1960s, George Gerbner and his colleagues have accelerated the study of the relationship that exists between media consumption and the fear of crime. According to Gerbner, television and other forms of mass media create a worldview that is reflective of "recurrent media messages", rather than one that is based on reality.[21] Many Americans are exposed to some form of media on a daily basis, with television and social media platforms being the most used methods to receive both local and international news, and as such this is how most receive news and details that center around violent crime and acts of terror. With the rise in use of smartphones and social media, people are bombarded with constant news updates, and able to read stories related to terrorism, stories that come from all corners of the globe. Media fuels fear of terrorism and other threats to national security, all of which have negative psychological effects on the population, such as depression, anxiety, and insomnia.[20] Politicians conduct interviews, televised or otherwise, and utilize their social media platforms immediately after violent crimes and terrorist acts, to further cement the fear of terrorism into the minds of their constituents.
Publications
Sorted upwards by date, most recent last.
- The Formation of the National Security State: the State and the Opposition in Military Brazil, Volume 2 (1982) by Maria Helena Moreira Alves
- Risk Society, Towards a New Modernity (1989), by ISBN 3-518-11365-8]
- The Culture of Fear (2000), by ISBN 0-465-01490-9
- Creating Fear: News and the Construction of a Crisis (2002), by David L. Altheide, Aldine de Gruyter, 223pp., ISBN 978-0-202-30660-5
- ISBN 0-684-87324-9
- The Climate of Fear (2004), by ISBN 1-86197-783-2
- State of Fear (2004), ISBN 0-06-621413-0
- Culture of Fear: Risk taking and the morality of low expectation (1997), by ISBN 0-8264-7616-3
- Politics of Fear: Beyond Left and Right (2005), by ISBN 0-8264-8728-9
- You Have the Power: Choosing Courage in a Culture of Fear (2005), by ISBN 978-1-58542-424-5
- Urban Nightmares: The Media, the Right and the Moral Panic over the City (2006), by Steve Macek, ISBN 0-8166-4361-X
- Cultures of Fear: A Critical Reader (2009), by Uli Linke, Danielle Smith, Anthropology, Culture and Society, ISBN 978-0-7453-2965-9
- Social Theory of Fear: terror, torture and death in a post Capitalist World (2010), by Geoffrey Skoll, New York, Palgrave MacMillan ISBN 978-0-230-10349-8
- Witnesses to Terror (2012), by Luke Howie, Baskinstoke, Palgrave MacMillan ISBN 978-0-8232-2434-0
- Gregg Easterbrook (2019). It's Better Than It Looks: Reasons for Optimism in an Age of Fear. PublicAffairs. ISBN 978-1541774032.
- Laura Dodsworth (2021). A State of Fear: How the UK government weaponised fear during the Covid-19 pandemic. Pinter & Martin. ISBN 978-1780667201.
See also
- Abusive power and control
- Abusive supervision
- Cancel culture
- Conspiracy of silence (expression)
- Criticism of the War on Terrorism
- Crowd psychology
- Divide and rule
- Fear appeal
- Fear mongering
- Information operations
- Information warfare
- Intimidation
- Horror and terror
- Hostile media effect
- Kiss up kick down
- List of health scares
- Machiavellianism in the workplace
- Mass hysteria
- Mean world syndrome
- Media hype
- Mind games
- Moral panic
- Narcissism in the workplace
- Nineteen Eighty-Four
- Online shaming
- Opinion corridor
- Peer pressure
- Propaganda
- Psychological warfare
- Psychopathy in the workplace
- Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear
- Rape culture
- Strategic communication
- Strategy of tension
- Tactics of terrorism § Fear
- Toxic leader
- Toxic workplace
- Traumatic bonding
- Yellow journalism
References
- ^ Furedi, Frank (1997). The Culture of Fear: Risk-taking and the Morality of Low Expectation. Continuum International Publishing Group.
- Black Rose Books. pp. 23–24.
- ^ Gustave Gilbert (1947) Nuremberg Diary.
- ^ Alves, Maria (1985). State and Opposition in Military Brazil. Brazil: University of Texas Press. p. 352.
- ^ State and Opposition in Military Brazil. p. 43.
- ^ State and Opposition in Military Brazil. p. 125.
- ^ State and Opposition in Military Brazil. p. 126.
- ^ "Terrorized by 'War on Terror' by Brzezinski". Washingtonpost.com. March 25, 2007. Retrieved November 23, 2010.
- ^ Zbigniew Brzezinski While the true nature of the threat can't be established: it can be less it can be worse. (March 25, 2007). "Terrorized by 'War on Terror' How a Three-Word Mantra Has Undermined America". Washington Post. Retrieved December 3, 2010.
The "war on terror" has created a culture of fear in America ...
- ^ Frank Furedi. "Epidemic of fear". Spiked-online.com. Archived from the original on September 22, 2005. Retrieved November 23, 2010.
- ^ Communicating the terrorist risk: Harnessing a culture of fear? Gabe Mythen Manchester Metropolitan University, UK, Sandra Walklate University of Liverpool, UK
- ^ "The Power of Nightmares: Your comments". BBC. London. August 3, 2005. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
- ^ a b Jeffries, Stuart (May 12, 2005). "The film US TV networks dare not show". The Guardian. London. Retrieved July 14, 2010.
- ^ "Exploring The Best Pro hormone Stacks". www.daanspeak.com. Archived from the original on February 24, 2011. Retrieved November 28, 2010.
- ^ Petty tyranny in organizations, Ashforth, Blake, Human Relations, Vol. 47, No. 7, 755–778 (1994)
- ISBN 978-0-07-144672-3.
- ^ a b Helge H, Sheehan MJ, Cooper CL, Einarsen S "Organisational Effects of Workplace Bullying" in Bullying and Harassment in the Workplace: Developments in Theory, Research, and Practice (2010)
- ^ Salin D, Helge H "Organizational Causes of Workplace Bullying" in Bullying and Harassment in the Workplace: Developments in Theory, Research, and Practice (2010)
- ^ Acquate. "The W. Edwards Deming Institute". deming.org. Retrieved October 19, 2017.
- ^ S2CID 145162485.
- S2CID 145094843.
Further reading
- The Culture of Fear by Noam Chomsky
- The Politics of Fear – article by Corey Robin published in La Clé des langues
- Beyond a Culture of Fear, by K. Lauren de Boer – article published in the EarthLight magazine, #47, fall/winter 2002/2003
- Sasha Abramsky (2017). Jumping at Shadows: The Triumph of Fear and the End of the American Dream. Bold Type Books. ISBN 978-1568585192.