Alarmism

Alarmism is a political slogan, with the designated unnecessary or exaggerated warning of problems or alleged. Who uses the term, it presses usually judgmental of that he does not share the warnings and fears or holds for heavily coated. The term is an early 1990s arising, derived from English, neologism. As Alarmist the noise is in the dictionary someone called education linguistically outdated, caused or creates unrest as well as "one who directs public attention to something threatening, dangerous, warning of something." Whether the threat actually exists and in the described proportions, is irrelevant to the use of the key word. A name with a similar meaning, the colloquial pejorative term " alarmist " which designates according to Duden an " evocation of a panic by exaggerated representation of the object or the like. ". In public and political discussions of the alarmism accusation is also used as a killer argument to bypass a differentiated examination of a topic.

In the media criticism of the handling of many publicly debated issues is temporarily called " alarmist ". In particular, this " current events, political positions or general trends as warnings of adverse future developments " is a tendency tries to capture especially the tabloids to present. So " changes and transformations as dramatic dangerous developments reported that require urgent action " would would. The " drastic " some representation, pointing at a "deeper strategy of dramatizing potential social developments " back. Here, the alarmism have " a discourse pattern that can be detected in the medial public and scientific debate and look at the possibilities and limits of political influence " rather disguise. Historically there were " a number of examples of hysterical fear epidemics that are sometimes attributed to a desire founded in fear, catastrophic life ' " can.

The futurologist Matthias Horx defined 2007: "Under alarmism we mean a socio- cultural phenomenon, epidemic rampant in the fear of the future in broad sectors of the population. These concerns arise from a particular interpretation of Gefahrensmomenten which may have very real origins (or aspects ). These risks are, however, symbolically excessive and reduced to a simplified, single catastrophic model " ( Horx 2007, p 24). The publicist Friedrich Sieburg According to the catastrophic life is based on a psychological "fear like " effect " to lift the gloom and doom through sharp analysis into general consciousness and also to enjoy them at the same time, one of the favorite pastimes of the people of today. " Everyday life with his drab problems is boring, but on the other hand impending disasters very interesting.