Entertaining Fear Rhetoric and the Political Economy of Social Control |
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| Series edited by:
| Gronbeck, Bruce
Jones, Clifford A. |
| Editor:
| Chaput, Catherine
Braun, M. J.
Brown, Danika M. |
| Series title: | Frontiers in Political Communication Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4331-0585-2 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2009 |
| Publisher: | Peter Lang AG International Academic Publishers
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $52.50 |
Book Description:
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Throughout the political spectrum, successful arguments often rely on fear appeals, whether implicit or explicit. Dominant arguments prey on people's fears - of economic failure, cultural backwardness, or lack of personal safety. Counterarguments feed on other fears, suggesting that audiences are being duped by emotional smokescreens. With chapters on the political, institutional, and cultural manifestations of fear, this book offers diverse investigations into how insecurity and the...
More DescriptionThroughout the political spectrum, successful arguments often rely on fear appeals, whether implicit or explicit. Dominant arguments prey on people's fears - of economic failure, cultural backwardness, or lack of personal safety. Counterarguments feed on other fears, suggesting that audiences are being duped by emotional smokescreens. With chapters on the political, institutional, and cultural manifestations of fear, this book offers diverse investigations into how insecurity and the search for certainty shape contemporary political economic decisions, and explores how the rhetorical manipulation of such fears illuminates a larger struggle for social control.