The Culture of Fear: Why Americans Are Afraid of the Wrong Things. Barry Glassner, Author Basic Books $25 (p) ISBN In his research, Barry Glassner found that no amount of debunking can wipeout a fear — no matter how unrealistic — as long as someone can. It’s been a dozen years since sociologist Barry Glassner, president now of Lewis & Clark College, wrote about “The Culture of Fear” and argued.
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T he sociologist ended up spending five years poring over more than 10, newspaper, radio and television accounts of social issues, and he discovered a distinct pattern.
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Not a Member Yet? In his research, Barry Glassner found that no amount of debunking can wipeout a fear — no matter how unrealistic — as long as someone can find a way to profit from it.
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Furedi say that “we need a grown-up discussion about our post-September 11 world, based on a reasoned evaluation of all the available evidence rather than on irrational fears for the future. Does the American legal system work as advertised? Media fuels fear of terrorism and glassne threats to national security, all of which have negative psychological effects on the population, such as depression, anxiety, and insomnia.
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Yet, in national studies, three out of four parents continue to say they fear that a stranger will kidnap their child. Millennials are the hardest working and most educated generation in American history. Marshaling police reports, scientific studies and skeptical media accounts, Glassner debunks dozens of false fears.
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It demonstrates the urgent need to educate all Americans – but especially the next generation – about profit’s vital role in our nation. This page was last edited on 15 Novemberat Medical facts regarding conditions like Gulf War syndrome or breast-implant complications, for example, are too questionable, the author feels, to warrant the kind of simplistic reporting they receive.
Glassner, who is also the author of Bodies and Career Crashbecame interested in fear during the presidential campaign, when controversy over the out-of-wedlock pregnancy of television character Murphy Brown escalated into a full-scale attack on all unwed mothers, particularly those in their teens. Today we face new challenges. Aspects of corporations Aspects of jobs Aspects of occupations Aspects of organizations Employment.
The Culture of Fear: Why Americans Are Afraid of the Wrong Things
Which cultkre the following best describes you? Does it even work at all? Glassner exposes the people and organizations that manipulate our perceptions and profit from our fears, including advocacy groups that raise money by exaggerating the prevalence of particular diseases and politicians who win elections by heightening concerns about crime, drug use, and terrorism.
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