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'''Fearporn''' is [[mainstream media]] content/reporting that deliberately and enticingly plays on people's fears about [[disaster]], [[disease]], and [[death]]; people can become addicted to consuming it after a while. It has become an important concept during the [[COVID-19 Event]].
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'''Fearporn''' is reporting that deliberately and enticingly plays on people's fears about [[disaster]], [[disease]], and [[death]]; people can become addicted to consuming it after a while. It was widely deployed by {{ccm}} and the term was popularised during the [[COVID-19 Event]].
  
 
==Classical examples==
 
==Classical examples==
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* destruction of the [[Ozone Layer]] <ref>https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121955238/the-times-tribune/</ref>
 
* destruction of the [[Ozone Layer]] <ref>https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121955238/the-times-tribune/</ref>
 
* possibility of [[AIDS|HIV infection]]
 
* possibility of [[AIDS|HIV infection]]

Latest revision as of 19:14, 14 March 2024

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TypePropaganda
Founder(s)CCM
Interest ofFergus Walsh
Often used by the commercially-controlled media, important concept during COVID-19.

Fearporn is reporting that deliberately and enticingly plays on people's fears about disaster, disease, and death; people can become addicted to consuming it after a while. It was widely deployed by commercially-controlled media and the term was popularised during the COVID-19 Event.

Classical examples

Fearporn-2.jpg

Legacy media

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