• How newsmakers using fear affects how you see the world: UnSpun Rewind (feat. Dr. Seth Norrholm

  • Jul 16 2024
  • Length: 36 mins
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How newsmakers using fear affects how you see the world: UnSpun Rewind (feat. Dr. Seth Norrholm

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  • UnSpun Rewind in honor of the political convention in the US this week. Are things as bad as the politicians say? Are they the only ones who can save us? Dr. Sturg breaks down the Appeal to Fear trick and guest Dr. Seth Norrholm talks about what being made afraid does to your thinking and judgment.

    "Nothing happened" doesn't make for much of a headline, and newsmakers know it. When they want to get your attention or get you to do something, sometimes they deliberately use fear. Dr. Sturg talks about how how the powerful use fear deceptively to keep their followers engaged.

    Then, she and Dr. Seth Norrhom, a psychiatry professor and fear researcher, discuss how your brain interacts with the news that you get, both from media and from social media.

    Follow Dr. Norrholm:

    On Slate.com

    Seth Norrholm on Twitter

    Follow Dr. Sturg

    Twitter - Prof. Amanda Sturgill (@DrSturg) / X
    Websites - Sturg says | Unspun’s Substack

    Questions and Tips

    TheUnspunPodcast@gmail.com

    We are #AltGov

    https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781538162095/We-Are-#ALTGOV-Social-Media-Resistance-from-the-Inside

    Detecting Deception: Tools to Fight Fake News

    https://www.amazon.com/Detecting-Deception-Tools-Fight-Fake/dp/1538141027
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