Dyskurs strachu? Jak się nie bać współczesnych mediów
Abstract
One of the main topics of the modern media coverage are: disasters, crimes, diseases, wars, and fear. The use of fear as an important vehicle for creating common perception of the world has been especially important after 9/11 terrorist attacks in the United States. The fear of another attack has defined American patriotism and has been an important driving force in launching Second Gulf War. US documentary series “Carrier”, directed by Maro Chermayeff, is a perfect example of the use of fear in defining common goals and perception of the war effort of the Americans. David Altheide’s works provides an extra insight into the nature of modern media and the way they use fear to achieve their own goals (including sales increase). His concept of the “discourse of fear”, applied to the “Carrier”, can help to understand mass media news without fear.
Copyright (c) 2016 HORIZONS OF EDUCATION
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Authors who publish in this journal agree to the following terms:
- Authors retain the copyright to their work while granting the journal the right of first publication. The work will be simultaneously licensed under a CC BY-ND license, which permits others to share the work with proper credit given to the author and the original publication in this journal.
- Authors may enter into additional, non-exclusive agreements for the distribution of the published version of the work (e.g., posting it in an institutional repository or publishing it in another journal), provided that the original publication in this journal is acknowledged.
We allow and encourage authors to share their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on personal websites) both before and during the submission process, as this can foster beneficial exchanges and lead to earlier and increased citations of the published work. (See The Effect of Open Access). We recommend using any of the following academic networking platforms:
