Control is easy to gain in the short-term, but long-term control requires that fear be perpetuated throughout the nation and reach the masses quickly. Experts D.L. Altheide and Richard Skaff agree that the media is the most effective way our government spreads fear and gains and maintains control. D.L Altheide, a sociologist and Emeritus Regents' Professor in the School of Justice and Social Inquiry at Arizona State University, has written extensively on the purpose of media in relation to terror. Altheide claims that the key to mobilizing fear filled ideas as significant to the nation lies in “mediated experiences, rhetoric, symbols, and language” (Altheide). Not only has the media been able to overtake the Internet with blogs promoting risk
