3). Pick one concept from the assigned reading this week, not already discussed, that you found useful or interesting and discuss it.
The concept, appeal to fear captured my attention in chapter 10. An appeal to fear is another form of appeal to emotion. It is when a person attempts to create support for an idea by using deception and propaganda. One uses these tactics to increase fear and prejudice toward a competitor. The use of appeal to fear is common in marketing and politics.
This fallacy has the following argument form:
Either A or B is true.
B is scary.
Therefore, A is true.
Examples of an appeal to fear:
-If you keep drinking, you will die early as your cousin did.
-If you tell a lie, no one will ever believe you again.
-If you don't graduate from college, you will not be successful.
-If you wear that dress tonight, you will look like a swan.
All these examples is an appeal to fear because many people would fear if any of these examples were said or were to come true. An appeal to pity is used in every day life and when used correctly, it can be a strong arguemnt.
Hey Yours Truly! I really enjoyed reading your post on appeal to fear; however I think you meant to say, appeal to fear instead of appeal to pity in your last sentence! But that’s okay! Haha I really enjoyed the examples you provided and how you used the A then B fallacy concept. It really shows how you can take concepts from previous chapters in the book and then apply them to future concepts so that you understand the new concepts better. I thought that your examples were also very clear and to the point, and if I hadn’t have known the concept of appeal to fear before this assignment, I think your examples would have shown me exactly what appeal fear was. I think that’s great! Overall, Great Job
ReplyDeleteI really like your post because these are things my parents have told me. Even though I love all of your blogs, this one definitely hit home. My parents always told me not to lie because if I did, they would never believe me again (which was one of your examples). Also, my cousin died from drinking and driving, so they also installed that into my memory. Some of the examples you gave are things my parents told me to put fear into me. The claims you gave were good because they have appeal to fear in them. Take it from me, cause I was afraid for a while! Good Job!!!!!
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