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A remarkable tactic is the strategy of tension, which is based on making violence and chaos in order to create political instability, to defame an opponent, to pave the way for a more authoritarianism or fascist government, or to prevent the decolonization of colonies.
Fear, uncertainty and doubt (FUD) is the appeal to fear in sales or marketing; in which a company disseminates negative (and vague) information on a competitor's product. The term originated to describe misinformation tactics in the computer hardware industry and has since been used more broadly.
Fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD) is a manipulative propaganda tactic used in sales, marketing, public relations, politics, polling, and cults. FUD is generally a strategy to influence perception by disseminating negative and dubious or false information , and is a manifestation of the appeal to fear .
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Fear appeal is a term used in psychology, sociology and marketing.It generally describes a strategy for motivating people to take a particular action, endorse a particular policy, or buy a particular product, by arousing fear.
Rage-farming (or rage-seeding) derives from the concept of "farming" rage; planting metaphorical seeds which cause angry responses to grow. [12] It is a form of clickbait, a term used since c. 1999, which is "more nuanced" and not necessarily seen as a negative tactic.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A massive winter storm moving across the United States will not keep the U.S. Congress from meeting on Monday to formally certify Republican Donald Trump's election as ...
Scare tactics may refer to: Scare tactics, or fear mongering, the tactical use of fear, fright, or terror; Scare Tactics, a 2003–2013 American hidden-camera pranks television series; Scare Tactics, a 1996–1998 DC Comics mini-series.