Professor Hoffman State of Fear

I believe that the significance of the title State of Fear is “social control” like Professor Hoffman said. I think that the government and the media are responsible for the constant state of fear we are always in. We are afraid of everything, from food to our neighbors to the environment to traveling. The media often has a bias agenda and only reports on what they want the people to hear. They also exaggerate the concept to make it sound worse than it really is. For example we hear every night about how bad global warming is and they make it sound like we are going to die if we do not act today. This is not the case yes we need to be conscious but I don’t believe we will burn up. With society in a constant state of fear we are able to be controlled like sheep. We were afraid chemical warfare during WWII so everyone bought gas masks, and we are now afraid of global warming so everyone is “going green”. By instating this fear the media is able to control the consumer. I think Professor Hoffman is correct and has a very valid point, we are all afraid of the same thing, every nation fears the same things.