Communicating Terror

Communicating terror involves intentionally spreading fear or anxiety through messages, symbols, or actions to influence attitudes or behaviors. It can include propaganda, threats, or sensationalized content designed to intimidate or manipulate a target audience. This form of communication aims to create psychological impact, often to advance political, ideological, or social objectives, by emphasizing threat or vulnerability. Understanding this process highlights how information can be weaponized to provoke fear, alter perceptions, and control populations without physical violence necessarily occurring directly at that moment.