Fear appeal is a term used in psychology, sociology and marketing. It generally describes a strategy for motivating people to take a particular action...

by attempting to increase fear towards an alternative. An appeal to fear is related to the broader strategy of fear appeal and is a common tactic in marketing...

model (EPPM) is a fear appeal theory developed by communications scholar Kim Witte that illustrates how individuals react to fear-inducing messages....

including appeal to consequences, appeal to fear, appeal to flattery, appeal to pity, appeal to ridicule, appeal to spite, and wishful thinking. Appeal to emotion...

of the appeal to fear. The term "fear, uncertainty, and doubt" appeared as far back as the 1920s, whereas the similar formulation "doubts, fears, and uncertainties"...

unitarians and the saints were and are the fear of God." Fear appeal God-fearer Kenny, Charles (1882). "2. On the Holy Fear of God" . Half-Hours With The Saints...

Culture of fear (or climate of fear) is the concept that people may incite fear in the general public to achieve political or workplace goals through emotional...

Fear is an intensely unpleasant primal emotion in response to perceiving or recognizing a danger or threat. Fear causes psychological changes that may...

characteristics. Health campaigns often use “fear appeals” to grab the attention of their audience. Fear appeals are a type of advertising that specifically...

Volte, Fred; Bolls, Paul D; Moore, Jensen (2010). "When a fear appeal isn't just a fear appeal: The effects of graphic anti-tobacco messages". Journal of...

affects fear appeal. Using the ELM, they combined fear-based messaging research with leadership styles. Similar studies have also used fear appeal cues in...

“fear appeals” is justified if the appeal can be shown to arouse fear. The fear pattern of an advertisement can largely be identified as either fear-relief...

Fear Street Part One: 1994 (titled onscreen as Fear Street 1994) is a 2021 American supernatural slasher film directed by Leigh Janiak. The first installment...

originally created to help understand individual human responses to fear appeals. Protection motivation theory proposes that people protect themselves...

appeals the decision.[citation needed] Thus, a defendant needs never fear appeal an unjust conviction, such as a guilty verdict; a negative shift, such...

Appeal to tradition (also known as argumentum ad antiquitatem or argumentum ad antiquitam, appeal to antiquity, or appeal to common practice) is a claim...

consequent Appeal to fear Argumentum ad hominem – circumstantial form Consequentialism Pascal's wager Utilitarianism Wishful thinking "Fallacy: Appeal to Consequences...

period of time. Mild fear appeals lead to more attitude change than strong fear appeals. Propagandists had often used fear appeals. Hoveland's evidence...

were involved. Alarmism Appeal to fear Culture of fear Crowd manipulation Demagogue Emotional blackmail Fake news False flag Fear, uncertainty and doubt...

coined the term argumentum ad verecundiam (appeal to shamefacedness/modesty) because it appeals to the fear of humiliation by appearing disrespectful to...

Cape Fear is a 1991 American psychological thriller film directed by Martin Scorsese. It is a remake of the 1962 film of the same name, which was based...

self-efficacy. Protection motivation theory: Focuses on understanding the fear appeal that mediates behavior change and describes how threat/coping appraisal...

The Appeal is a 2008 novel by John Grisham, his 21st book and his first fictional legal thriller since The Broker was published in 2005. It was published...

discussion. Appeal to emotion – manipulating the emotions of the listener rather than using valid reasoning to obtain common agreement. Appeal to fear – generating...

Other names for the fallacy include: appeal to (common) belief appeal to popularity appeal to the majority appeal to the masses argument from consensus...

this country", "lynching", etc.). The latter example is also known as fear appeal. More moderate forms make extensive use of imprecise, metaphoric language...

appeal; this may include jealousy, disgust, indignation, fear, blue, disturbed, haunted, and anger. Fear is one of the most studied emotional appeals...

An appeal to probability (or appeal to possibility, also known as possibiliter ergo probabiliter, "possibly, therefore probably") is the logical fallacy...

Kim Witte is a communications scholar with an emphasis on the area of fear appeals called “scare tactics”. In 2015 Witte is a professor who teaches graduate...

In addition, the speaker may use pathos and fear to sway the audience. Pathos may also include appeals to audience imagination and hopes, done when the...