Alarmism
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Short description: Excessive or exaggerated alarm about a real or imagined threat
Alarmism is excessive or exaggerated alarm of a real or imagined threat. Alarmism connotes attempts to excite fears or giving warnings of great danger in a manner that is amplified, overemphasized or unwarranted. In the news media, alarmism can often be found in the form of yellow journalism where reports sensationalise a story to exaggerate small risks.[1]
Alarmist personality
The alarmist person is subject to the cognitive distortion of catastrophizing – of always expecting the worst of possible futures.[2]
They may also be seeking to preserve feelings of omnipotence by trying to generate anxiety, apprehension and concern in others.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ "The Risk of Poor Coverage of Risk". Columbia Journalism Review. https://www.cjr.org/the_observatory/the_risk_of_poor_coverage_of_r.php.
- ↑ P. Gilbert, Overcoming Depression (1999) p. 88-90
- ↑ T. Pitt-Aikens, Loss of the Good Authority (1989) p. 99
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