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	</br></br></br>], a Professor of ] at the ] and writer for ], discusses this term in his books, ''Culture of Fear: Risk-taking and the Morality of Low Expectations'' (1997) and ''Politics of Fear: Beyond Left and Right'' (2005). Furedi's account locates the source of the phenomenon in what he characterises a 'failure of historical imagination', a symptom of what he identifies as the exhaustion of 20th century systems of political meaning.<ref>{{cite web\|author=Frank Furedi \|url=http://www.spiked-online.com/Articles/00000002D46C.htm \|title=Epidemic of fear \|publisher=Spiked-online.com \|date= \|accessdate=2010-11-23}}</ref>		</br></br></br>], a Professor of ] at the ] and writer for ], discusses this term in his books, ''Culture of Fear: Risk-taking and the Morality of Low Expectations'' (1997) and ''Politics of Fear: Beyond Left and Right'' (2005). Furedi's account locates the source of the phenomenon in what he characterises a 'failure of historical imagination', a symptom of what he identifies as the exhaustion of 20th century systems of political meaning.<ref>{{cite web\|author=Frank Furedi \|url=http://www.spiked-online.com/Articles/00000002D46C.htm \|title=Epidemic of fear \|publisher=Spiked-online.com \|date= \|accessdate=2010-11-23}}</ref>
	</br></br></br>], a writer for Spiked magazine, argues that the culture of fear that emerged following the ] and the subsequent ] were not so much emergent fears but rather top-down manufactured ones by politicians and reflected by the media. She also believes that the fears engendered, although irrational, allowed patriotism to emerge which eventually led to military adventurism in places not connected to either 9/11 or the anthrax attacks.<ref>{{cite web\|author=Jennie Bristow \|url=http://www.spiked-online.com/Articles/00000006DD06.htm \|title=How did we get from 9/11 to here? \|publisher=Spiked-online.com \|date=2002-10-12 \|accessdate=2010-11-23}}</ref>		</br></br></br>], a writer for Spiked magazine, argues that the culture of fear that emerged following the ] and the subsequent ] were not so much emergent fears but rather top-down manufactured ones by politicians and reflected by the media. She also believes that the fears engendered, although irrational, allowed patriotism to emerge which eventually led to military adventurism in places not connected to either 9/11 or the anthrax attacks.<ref>{{cite web\|author=Jennie Bristow \|url=http://www.spiked-online.com/Articles/00000006DD06.htm \|title=How did we get from 9/11 to here? \|publisher=Spiked-online.com \|date=2002-10-12 \|accessdate=2010-11-23}}</ref>

			Gabe Mythen and Sandra Walklate, ] academics, argue that following terrorist attacks in New York, Washington, Madrid and London, government agencies developed a discourse of "]" in a cultural climate of fear and uncertainty. UK researchers argued that this processes reduced notion of public safety and created the simplistic image of a non-white "terroristic other" that has negative consequences for ethnic minority groups in the UK.<ref name="Gabe Mythen1 and Sandra Walklate"> Gabe Mythen ], UK, Sandra Walklate ], UK</ref>

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Culture of fear is a term used by some among public discourse to accuse public figures of inciting fear to achieve a political end, in an attempt to alarm the audience into acceding to this accusation.

Controversy and criticism

Former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski argues that the use of the term War on Terror was intended to generate a culture of fear deliberately because it "obscures reason, intensifies emotions and makes it easier for demagogic politicians to mobilize the public on behalf of the policies they want to pursue".

Frank Furedi, a Professor of Sociology at the University of Kent and writer for Spiked magazine, discusses this term in his books, Culture of Fear: Risk-taking and the Morality of Low Expectations (1997) and Politics of Fear: Beyond Left and Right (2005). Furedi's account locates the source of the phenomenon in what he characterises a 'failure of historical imagination', a symptom of what he identifies as the exhaustion of 20th century systems of political meaning.

Jennie Bristow, a writer for Spiked magazine, argues that the culture of fear that emerged following the September 11 attacks and the subsequent anthrax attacks were not so much emergent fears but rather top-down manufactured ones by politicians and reflected by the media. She also believes that the fears engendered, although irrational, allowed patriotism to emerge which eventually led to military adventurism in places not connected to either 9/11 or the anthrax attacks.

Gabe Mythen and Sandra Walklate, United Kingdom academics, argue that following terrorist attacks in New York, Washington, Madrid and London, government agencies developed a discourse of "new terrorism" in a cultural climate of fear and uncertainty. UK researchers argued that this processes reduced notion of public safety and created the simplistic image of a non-white "terroristic other" that has negative consequences for ethnic minority groups in the UK.

Books

Culture of Fear: Risk taking and the morality of low expectation, Frank Furedi, ISBN 0-8264-7616-3
The Culture of Fear: Why Americans Are Afraid of the Wrong Things, Barry Glassner ISBN 0465003362
Manufacturing Consent: The political economy of the mass media, Edward S. Herman & Noam Chomsky ISBN 0-09-953311-1
Politics of Fear: Beyond Left and Right, Frank Furedi, ISBN 0-8264-8728-9
State of Fear, Michael Crichton, ISBN 0-06-621413-0
Urban Nightmares: The Media, the Right and the Moral Panic over the City, Steve Macek,ISBN 0-8166-4361-X
Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the Final Days of the American Century., Hunter S. Thompson, (Simon & Schuster; 1st Simon edition, November 1, 2003, ISBN 0-684-87324-9)
You Have the Power: Choosing Courage in a Culture of Fear Frances Moore Lappe and Jeffrey Perkins, ISBN 978-1585424245
Creating Fear: News and the Construction of a Crisis, David L. Altheide, (Aldine de Gruyter, 2002, 223pp. ISBN 978-0-202-30660-3)

External links

The culture of fear, by Barry Glassner - Introduction - "Why Americans are afraid of the wrong things"
The Culture of Fear by Noam Chomsky
Beyond a Culture of Fear, by K. Lauren de Boer - article published in the EarthLight magazine, #47, fall/winter 2002/2003
You Have the Power: Choosing Courage in a Culture of Fear by Frances Moore Lappé and Jeffrey Perkins
Creating Fear: News and the Construction of Crisis by David Altheide
The Political Implications of a Discourse of Fear: The Mass Mediated Discourse of Fear in the Aftermath of 9/11 by Stefanie Grupp Clasby

References

Post Store. "Terrorized by 'War on Terror' by Brzezinski". Washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2010-11-23.
Frank Furedi. "Epidemic of fear". Spiked-online.com. Retrieved 2010-11-23.
Jennie Bristow (2002-10-12). "How did we get from 9/11 to here?". Spiked-online.com. Retrieved 2010-11-23.
Communicating the terrorist risk: Harnessing a culture of fear? Gabe Mythen Manchester Metropolitan University, UK, Sandra Walklate University of Liverpool, UK

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	</br></br></br>], a Professor of ] at the ] and writer for ], discusses this term in his books, ''Culture of Fear: Risk-taking and the Morality of Low Expectations'' (1997) and ''Politics of Fear: Beyond Left and Right'' (2005). Furedi's account locates the source of the phenomenon in what he characterises a 'failure of historical imagination', a symptom of what he identifies as the exhaustion of 20th century systems of political meaning.<ref>{{cite web\|author=Frank Furedi \|url=http://www.spiked-online.com/Articles/00000002D46C.htm \|title=Epidemic of fear \|publisher=Spiked-online.com \|date= \|accessdate=2010-11-23}}</ref>		</br></br></br>], a Professor of ] at the ] and writer for ], discusses this term in his books, ''Culture of Fear: Risk-taking and the Morality of Low Expectations'' (1997) and ''Politics of Fear: Beyond Left and Right'' (2005). Furedi's account locates the source of the phenomenon in what he characterises a 'failure of historical imagination', a symptom of what he identifies as the exhaustion of 20th century systems of political meaning.<ref>{{cite web\|author=Frank Furedi \|url=http://www.spiked-online.com/Articles/00000002D46C.htm \|title=Epidemic of fear \|publisher=Spiked-online.com \|date= \|accessdate=2010-11-23}}</ref>
	</br></br></br>], a writer for Spiked magazine, argues that the culture of fear that emerged following the ] and the subsequent ] were not so much emergent fears but rather top-down manufactured ones by politicians and reflected by the media. She also believes that the fears engendered, although irrational, allowed patriotism to emerge which eventually led to military adventurism in places not connected to either 9/11 or the anthrax attacks.<ref>{{cite web\|author=Jennie Bristow \|url=http://www.spiked-online.com/Articles/00000006DD06.htm \|title=How did we get from 9/11 to here? \|publisher=Spiked-online.com \|date=2002-10-12 \|accessdate=2010-11-23}}</ref>		</br></br></br>], a writer for Spiked magazine, argues that the culture of fear that emerged following the ] and the subsequent ] were not so much emergent fears but rather top-down manufactured ones by politicians and reflected by the media. She also believes that the fears engendered, although irrational, allowed patriotism to emerge which eventually led to military adventurism in places not connected to either 9/11 or the anthrax attacks.<ref>{{cite web\|author=Jennie Bristow \|url=http://www.spiked-online.com/Articles/00000006DD06.htm \|title=How did we get from 9/11 to here? \|publisher=Spiked-online.com \|date=2002-10-12 \|accessdate=2010-11-23}}</ref>

			Gabe Mythen and Sandra Walklate, ] academics, argue that following terrorist attacks in New York, Washington, Madrid and London, government agencies developed a discourse of "]" in a cultural climate of fear and uncertainty. UK researchers argued that this processes reduced notion of public safety and created the simplistic image of a non-white "terroristic other" that has negative consequences for ethnic minority groups in the UK.<ref name="Gabe Mythen1 and Sandra Walklate"> Gabe Mythen ], UK, Sandra Walklate ], UK</ref>

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