Connor Boyack: How Politics Exploits Fear and Emotion

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Joshua Philipp

Joshua Philipp is senior reporter and host of “Crossroads” at The Epoch Times. As an award-winning journalist and documentary filmmaker, his works include “The Final War: The 100 Year Plot to Defeat America” (2022), and “Tracking Down the Origin of Wuhan Coronavirus” (2020).

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November 11, 2020Updated: November 11, 2020

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When it comes to political messaging, two major targets to agitate the public and drive them to the polls are fear and emotion. Methods of this type were laid out in books like “Propaganda” by Edward Bernays, and used as tools in political programs like Agitation Propaganda. To learn more about this we’ve invited to speak with us Connor Boyack, author of “Feardom: How Politicians Exploit Your Emotions and What You Can Do to Stop Them.”