Scaring the Public: Fear Appeal Arguments in Public Health Reasoning

The study of threat and fear appeal arguments has given rise to a sizeable literature. Even within a public health context, much is now known about how these arguments work to gain the public’s compliance with health recommendations. Notwithstanding this level of interest in, and examination of, the...

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Main Author: Louise Cummings
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Windsor 2012-03-01
Series:Informal Logic
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Online Access:https://ojs.uwindsor.ca/ojs/leddy/index.php/informal_logic/article/view/3146