Presentation about how the mass media uses fear to control the population based on Hobbes´ Leviathan.

1. THE SPEECH OF
FEAR

2. INDEX
Introduction to Fear
How mass media uses and creates fear
Ebola
Palm oil
Gender violence
Terrorism
Refugees
Trump
Nuclear Weapons
Venezuela
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3. Introduction to Fear
Hobbes’ Leviathan
-Inhibit the minds of the population
-To keep them all in awe
-Promote convenient ideas

4. How mass media uses and creates this fear
Information is:
● Hidden
● Selected
● Modified
● Exaggerated

5. Ebola
The mass media uses exaggerations to scare people

6. In these hidelines the mass media hides part of the
information

7. Palm oil
Mass media frightens parents Killer = fear

8. Use of exaggeration
Manipulation of products
Use of scare tactics

9. Gender Violence
Example that mass media expresses fear

10. fdd
Mass media tries to
prevent women from
rebelling

11. Terrorism
·Words like attack or war generate fear

12. Terrorism
·This kind of news causes rejection towards Muslims
Painted in the cult center of Montblanc after
the attack in Barcelona

13. Refugees
MIGRATORY CURRENTS = human invasion without
control
Humanitarian workers wear masks when receiving
incoming refugees.

14. The refugee crisis in Europe has been rated
as the worst since the Second World War.
The right to migrate is not a human right.

15. Trump
Trump acting like a dictator is the
“real emergency”
The manipulation of people´s minds by fake
news.
Use of the word assault

16. Premonition with the intention of causing fearThe news relates this terrorist to Trump

17. Nuclear Weapons
Media filling population with
terror about a nuclear war

18. Nuclear Disasters
Generate hate against North Korea
Scaring people with nuclear leaks

19. Venezuela
What we see from Maduro’s politics: riots and
terrorism
Countries which try to stop conflicts are
considered enemies by mass media

20. Current Venezuela is the equal to death and a forever
eternal nightmare Showing violent scenes to scare
people

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23. Authorship
David Álvarez Calvo
Celia Astorga Herraiz
Laura Calvelo Villar
Carla Eiras Alonso
Telmo Leira Loureiro
Lois Nodar Corral
Borja Rodríguez Agra
Carla Villaverde Brito