Newspaper Articles

   The newspaper has been around since the 1600s no one knows for sure who exactly produced the first paper therefore we cannot identify the author. Many stories and historical events have been put in the paper for the public to veiw and be aware of what is going on in the world. Newspapers can often be bias, dependeing where you are you will recive that towns personal bias or thoughts.

   A Newspaper is a great sorce of news.. However it can cause some amount of fear in the reader, whether it is about the local economy (maybe crashing) or a serial killer named Albert Fish   (http://images.wikia.com/criminalminds/images/e/e7/NYPD_Circular.jpg)

   This type of news inspires fear in the people who read it none the less.

The Internet Experience

   In todays society, we have vast resorces of information that can be accessed by almost anyone. One of the biggest sorces is the internet ! You can literally type anything in hit seach and boom ! Unlimited knowledge to the veiwer. Example, typed in ' internet culture of fear' - http://www.google.ca/#sclient=psy&hl=en&safe=active&source=hp&q=internet+culture+of+fear&aq=0v&aqi=g-v2&aql=&oq=&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=edbaf2e22f3e9f9&biw=1024&bih=609 and you recive multiple web pages for culture of fear. However lets say you came back in a weeks time and did the same seach you would more then likely have many different web pages as people are constantly adding to it each and everyday.

   Following this furthur since people have added and added to the internet it is full of bias information, as it is their opinion in what they put down on the web page. Now knowing this it can come to ones mind, what is true ? Is this all someones opininon ? Regardless the internet can be a useful tool but not necessarily a reliable sorce of all information. In ones own opininon this can be withiout a doubt scary an dinspire fear for sure.

  

Movies and Films

   Many movies and films today have a specific genre they fall under, whether it is a comedy, romantic or horror, someone has taken the time and effort to produce theses pieces of art. Where the ideas come from can vary, some are just pure thoughts from the imagination and others are from real life experiences. In the 1974 film The Texas Chainsaw Massacre directed and produced by Tobe Hooper (best known for his horror genre) cowrote with Kim Henkel this film is said to be based on real life events. This is not the case, the statment is only partly true. TCM plot is entirely fictional, the character Leather face however is inspired by the real life serial killer Ed Gein who only was known to have murdered 2 victoms, other then that the rest of the film is fictional. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Texas_Chain_Saw_Massacre. The film uses many techniques to create fear, one example was saying it was based on real life events, we now know this is not the case. Other techniques used are blood and guts, by using violence the audience is forced to watch as we are drawn in by this as this is not normal in our every day lifes so we look at it as an excape. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vs3981DoINw. This inspires fear in the viewers via the cultur of fear.