Don’t forget to upload your Rhetoric of Fear Analysis essays by Thursday, 5\/4, on Canvas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sorry for the spoiler, but this news story was 99% fake news…maybe Trump’s on to something. Here’s a general timeline of the Satanic Panic<\/a><\/strong> (aka. Satanic Scare). You’ll notice that 20\/20 “journalist” Geraldo Rivera eventually apologized for his fear mongering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After watching that Morgan Spurlock video where he interviewed the kids from Jesus Camp years later, I was curious if there was more, and there is. I found these sources interesting:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The threat of losing one’s job\u2013the person’s livelihood\u2013is certainly an anxious state of mind. Although we often think about it from personal perspectives as in, “my job…my career,” as opposed to a bigger picture perspective, “my industry is going away,” both have potential fear appeals associated with them. For as long as I remember being aware of the news, job growth and loses are some of the oldest stories I remember, and they’ve been the most consistent stories\u2013more consistent than communist or terrorist fear mongering! I went back and read several articles about early- to mid-1980s future job loses and compared them to an article I read a couple days ago. I made a separate page for this.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Well, there’s no class meeting, but you’ll have your presentations to upload to Canvas by Tuesday, 5\/9, 11:07pm. Have a great summer (even if you can’t do 6 weeks in Italy), and I hope to see you in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Works Cited<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Jesus Camp<\/em><\/strong> (2006)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Job Losses and the Rhetoric of Fear<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Next Week<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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