Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt: Difference between revisions

The intended spreading of [[Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt]] or [[FUD]] is a disinformation strategy used in sales, marketing, public relations, politics, cults and [[Propaganda]]. It is a strategy to control perception by disseminating negative, dubious or false information by an orchestration of tactics that appeal to fear. To exploit fear the troll uses a made-up fallacy or poses a false dilemma and then attempts to create support for that idea by increasing fear, uncertainty and doubt towards the alternative. Manipulators use veiled threats and uncertainties that attempt to illicit fear with the intention to place seeds of doubt that may lead to the person changing their mental position and going in another direction. To apply pressure, the manipulator offers a choice framing it as the only choice available. In which rejecting one item acts as a selection of the other choice, such as, you are either with me or against me. When instigating fear and pressure in others as a manipulation tactic, the person is distracted from the fact that many other alternative choices are available in that situation. The most basic form of fallacy is straight faced lying, where the speaker deliberately says something that is untrue, generally believing or hoping that the person will not notice.