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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION……………………………………………….1
THE BURGEONING AGE OF FEAR…………………………………………………3
OMNIPRESENT MEDIA……………………………………………………………....6
ANXIETY AND THE MEDIA…………………………………………………………9
CHAPTER 2: FEAR, ANXIETY AND RISK………………………………….12
CULTURE OF FEAR…………………………………………………………………..13
ANXIETY: WHEN FEAR BECOMES A PROBLEM…………………………………21
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF ANIXETY DISORDERS…………………………………..24
ANXIETY AS A SOCIOLOGICAL CONCERN……………………………………...29
RISK CONSCIOUSNESS……………………………………………………………...31
CONCLUSION…………………………………………………………………………33
CHAPTER 3: MEDIA…………………………………………………………..37
THE WORLD OF TELEVISION………………………………………………………40
LEARNING FROM THE MEDIA……………………………………………………..44
MEDIA CONTENT…………………………………………………………………….47
MEDIA EFFECTS……………………………………………………………………...52
SOCIAL COGNITION…………………………………………………………………54
CULTIVATION THEORY…………………………………………………………….56
MEAN WORLD SYNDROME………………………………………………………..58
CONCLUSION…………………………………………………………………………61
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