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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 iv
CHAPTER 4: ENTERTAINMENT…………………………………………….64 VOICE OF ENTERTAINMENT………………………………………………………65 REEL-ALITY: THE BLEND OF REALITY AND FICTION………………………...69 THE HOLLYWOOD EFFECT………………………………………………………...70 CONCLUSION…………………………………………………………………………75 CHAPTER 5: CASE STUDY – SEPTEMBER 11, 2001.………………………78 WHY SEPTEMBER 11 th ………………………………………………………………..79 MEDIA’S ROLE………………………………………………………………………...82 PREVIOUS STUDIES…………………………………………………………………..84 ZOOMERANG RESULTS.…………………………………………………………….86 CONCLUSION………………………………………………………………………….90 CHAPTER 6: CONCLUSION…………………………………………………..93 APPENDIX A……………………………………………………………………96 BIBLIOGRAPHY………………………………………………………………..107 v
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H. Aaron Cohl asserts that people l
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MEDIA EFFECTS Despite evidence that
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of risk factors by presenting graph
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seen most recently dominate people
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outcome rather than probability sec
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viewers are more likely to buy new
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Peril (New York: Alfred A. Knoph, 2
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CHAPTER 4: ENTERTAINMENT Halloween
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television is a contradiction in te
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Why, when people understand that wh
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movie, the news magazine gave the i
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and a missing intern with whom he w
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as a result of watching a movie. Al
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this country. Perhaps we were so bl
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CHAPTER 5: CASE STUDY - SEPTEMBER 1
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Directly after the attacks, many su
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MEDIA’S ROLE A Gallup Poll conduc
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exposure to such violent images. So
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distress, the only variable with si
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from the WTC, victims running from
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on a television drama like Law and
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NOTES 1 Graham. 2 Marshall, Randall
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increase people’s sense of vulner
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1. APPENDIX A How did you first lea
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5. 4. 16 15% 1 1% 2 2% 1 1% 0 0% 10
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15 14% 0 0% 109 100% 7. Check all o
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9. 108 100% Was anyone close to you
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13. 14. 23 21% 2 2% 109 100% How di
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17. Check all of the following symp
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19. 100% Check all of the following
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21. After September 11, how did you
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25. Gender 1 1% 17 15% 29 26% 39 35
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28. Racial Background 14 13% 65 59%
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BIBLIOGRAPHY Allen, Colin. “Real
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Hassett, Afton L. and Leonard H. Si
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Marshall, Marc N. Elliott, Annie J.
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