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  2. Appeal to fear - Wikipedia

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    Examples of fear appeal include reference to social exclusion, and getting laid-off from one's job, [6] getting cancer from smoking or involvement in car accidents and driving. Fear appeals are nonmonotonic , meaning that the level of persuasion does not always increase when the claimed danger is increased.

  3. Fearmongering - Wikipedia

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    A remarkable tactic is the so-called 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.

  4. Fear appeal - Wikipedia

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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.

  5. Alabama senator says Democrats ‘use’ IVF as ‘scare tactic’

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    Sen. Katie Britt (R-Ala.) said that Democrats “use” in vitro fertilization (IVF) accessibility concerns “as a scare tactic” in an interview Sunday. “Senator Ted Cruz and I led a letter ...

  6. Opinion: Republican Party uses 'communism' as scare tactic to ...

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    The far-right uses the threat of communism to scare you and make you vote for them. ... Opinion: Republicans use 'communism' as scare tactic to get votes. Show comments. Advertisement. Advertisement.

  7. Fear, uncertainty, and doubt - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. Why not let AIG fail? Can 'systemic risk' be a scare tactic?

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  9. Scare Tactics - Wikipedia

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    Scare Tactics is an American comedy horror hidden camera television show created by Scott Hallock and Kevin Healey and aired on Syfy from April 4, 2003, to October 28, 2013. . The first season of the show was hosted by Shannen Doherty and then Stephen Baldwin took her place in the middle of the second seas