Living in Fear

In a chapter of the book Culture of Fear by Barry Glassner, he explains how television shows has impacted our emotions, where we feel more unsafe in what we believe. He argues how it leads to more precaution because we feel in danger. I agree how television shows can have an impact people's perspectives, but speaking for myself, I feel like shows will always be shows. It is easy to fall in the trap of believing everything you here, but in reality the main goal for producing unrealistic violence is for money. Television is good entertainment and should be kept that way. It should not be used as a way for reliable information because of the amount of bias it can have. The idea of television impacting our lives so much that we have to change our lifestyle and live in fear is ridiculous to think about and I disagree with Glassner's study. Violence is edgy and a great way to entertain us, and I do not believe conclusion of how people make choices based on their television to by more security such as guns and locks. Television has multiple purposes, including propoganda and hyperboles. The main goal is to get paid and alter one's mind to gain advantages such as politically. Relating to Nadine Gordimer's short story "Once Upon a Time",  family decided to overload on their security where it eventually led to their demise of their own son dying to the very fence that was supposed to protect them. You cannot account for everything in life and it's hard to predict unlucky occurences. Living in fear is difficult because it will be easy to manipulate you. Think with experiences and real life situations, not what you see on television!