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