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'''Fearporn''' has become an important concept during the [[COVID-19 Event]]. It is described as [[mainstream media]] content that deliberately and enticingly plays on people's fears about [[disaster]], [[disease]], and [[death]]. People can become addicted to consuming it after a while.
 
'''Fearporn''' has become an important concept during the [[COVID-19 Event]]. It is described as [[mainstream media]] content that deliberately and enticingly plays on people's fears about [[disaster]], [[disease]], and [[death]]. People can become addicted to consuming it after a while.
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==Classical examples==
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* possibility of [[AIDS|HIV infection]]
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* [[Year 2000 scare]] <ref>https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/what-was-the-y2k-scare.html</ref><ref>https://www.reference.com/history/strange-americana-y2k-scare</ref><ref>https://www.npr.org/series/5055064/the-year-2000-scare</ref>
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* [[El Niño]]
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* [[Iraq/WMD|Weapons of mass destruction in Iraq]]
  
 
==Legacy media==
 
==Legacy media==
 
*[[BBC]]
 
*[[BBC]]
*[[CNN]]<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/media/cnn-broward-county-teachers-coronavirus</ref>
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*[[CNN]] <ref>https://www.foxnews.com/media/cnn-broward-county-teachers-coronavirus</ref>
  
 
==Alt Tech==
 
==Alt Tech==

Revision as of 22:10, 13 September 2022

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TypePropaganda
Founder(s)CCM
Interest ofFergus Walsh
Often used by the commercially-controlled media, important concept during COVID-19.

Fearporn has become an important concept during the COVID-19 Event. It is described as mainstream media content that deliberately and enticingly plays on people's fears about disaster, disease, and death. People can become addicted to consuming it after a while.

Classical examples

Legacy media

Alt Tech


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