Reflection Précis #1, “The Creation and Role of Fear in American Culture”, (2/1)
PART I: In this lecture session, Dr. Jendian talked about fear and defined how it plays a role within our society. Fear is known to be very powerful and can at times lead to destruction. In the film Hijacking Catastrophe, by Media Education Foundation, they focused on the 9/11 attack and its effect it had on the people. The 9/11 attack was seen as an example of how we should, like George W. Bush stated, “Fear, fear”. It gave the American people an idea that it’s a dangerous world and that we should expect the worst out of everything, specifically in this case terrorism. On top of that Dr. Jendian went on to discuss on a personal level how fear can also be manipulated …show more content…
I agree with what George W. Bush stated regarding fearing- fear, although I don't believe it should be a valid reason as to why one must lose hope and expect the worst out of everything. Which leads to the other point on how fear can be manipulated into one. You see it all the times in the media how they twist and change stories up just to scare people into buying their story. Like Glassner stated school shootings can be seen as an example, where you have “sources” claiming the amounts of incidents are going up when in reality, once you look at statistics one sees juvenile crime rate actually decreasing. I find that very upsetting because nowadays we tend to rely highly on the media for our news resulting in falling for many false accusations. Fear, my perspective can be seen as weakness; allowing others to take advantage of whether its an insurance company like Glassner stated that doesn't bother to let people know crime rates are down for their own benefits; to even one allowing one's own fear to take over and prevent them from doing their own thing. Speaking from experience, I can relate to that on a personal level because I’ve seen my father be a victim of his own fear which lead him to become seriously
PART I: In this lecture session, Dr. Jendian talked about fear and defined how it plays a role within our society. Fear is known to be very powerful and can at times lead to destruction. In the film Hijacking Catastrophe, by Media Education Foundation, they focused on the 9/11 attack and its effect it had on the people. The 9/11 attack was seen as an example of how we should, like George W. Bush stated, “Fear, fear”. It gave the American people an idea that it’s a dangerous world and that we should expect the worst out of everything, specifically in this case terrorism. On top of that Dr. Jendian went on to discuss on a personal level how fear can also be manipulated …show more content…
I agree with what George W. Bush stated regarding fearing- fear, although I don't believe it should be a valid reason as to why one must lose hope and expect the worst out of everything. Which leads to the other point on how fear can be manipulated into one. You see it all the times in the media how they twist and change stories up just to scare people into buying their story. Like Glassner stated school shootings can be seen as an example, where you have “sources” claiming the amounts of incidents are going up when in reality, once you look at statistics one sees juvenile crime rate actually decreasing. I find that very upsetting because nowadays we tend to rely highly on the media for our news resulting in falling for many false accusations. Fear, my perspective can be seen as weakness; allowing others to take advantage of whether its an insurance company like Glassner stated that doesn't bother to let people know crime rates are down for their own benefits; to even one allowing one's own fear to take over and prevent them from doing their own thing. Speaking from experience, I can relate to that on a personal level because I’ve seen my father be a victim of his own fear which lead him to become seriously