SCARE TACTICS IN

MASS MEDIA:
Manipulation and
control

• ZAHRAE DAKIR
• KHAOULA AMRANI
WHAT ARE WE TALKING
ABOUT

WHY SCARE TACTICS

TYPES OF SCARE
TACTICS

RECAP AND
SOLUTIONS
Scare tactics are what a person
might uses to manipulate others
into doing as he/she pleases

Mass media uses these techniques to control

populations, making them do what a certain
organization (such as a government or a company)
wants
WHY SCARE TACTICS
 TYPES OF SCARE TACTICS USED IN
THE MEDIA

Fear mongering sensationalism

censorship
FEAR
MONGERING

the action of
deliberately
arousing public fear
or alarm about a
particular issue
CENSORSHIP

the suppression of
speech, public
communication, or other
information
 Sensationalism

Sensationalism is a tactic
used in an attempt to gain
an audience’s attention.
 RECAP

HOW
Tip: To change multiple shapes or text boxes,TO USE
click FEAR
the first TOorMANIPULATE
shape text box, PEOPLE
and then press and hold Ctrl while you click the other shapes or text boxes.
IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO
PROTECT OURSELVES FROM MASS
MEDIA SCARE TACTICS ?
.Vary your news sources

.Read your news rather then watching it on TV

.Avoid anything that always presents one side as

good and the other side as bad.
G Zahra dakirana hiya hadirhg y
thanks for your atenttion

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