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Drawing from psychology, journalism, and communication studies, The Psychology and Communication Behind Flight Anxiety: Afraid to Fly discusses how flight anxiety manifests in both healthy and unhealthy ways. Lindsay A. Harvell-Bowman analyzes decades of research and explores how journalists, aviation professionals, and the public can curb flight anxiety and create safer environments both in the air and on the ground. Scholars of communication, psychology, and journalism will find this book particularly interesting.



Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Foreword by Eric Wilson

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1: Flight Anxiety: Why Should we be Worried?

Chapter 2: Terror Management Theory: A Brief Background

Chapter 3: Similarities Between Flight Anxiety and Death Anxiety

Chapter 4: Terror Management Theory & Plane Crash Survivors

Chapter 5: Is the Media to Blame for an Anxious Flying Public?

Chapter 6: CNN & MH370: Journalism that Changed How Plane Incidents are Reported

Chapter 7: Fixing the Current Journalistic Model

Chapter 8: What can the Flying Public Do?

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    A Hardback by Lindsey A. Harvell-Bowman, Eric M. Wilson, John V. Panetti

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      Publisher: Lexington Books
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 18/05/2021
      ISBN13: 9781793620699, 978-1793620699
      ISBN10: 1793620695

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Drawing from psychology, journalism, and communication studies, The Psychology and Communication Behind Flight Anxiety: Afraid to Fly discusses how flight anxiety manifests in both healthy and unhealthy ways. Lindsay A. Harvell-Bowman analyzes decades of research and explores how journalists, aviation professionals, and the public can curb flight anxiety and create safer environments both in the air and on the ground. Scholars of communication, psychology, and journalism will find this book particularly interesting.



      Table of Contents

      Table of Contents

      Foreword by Eric Wilson

      Acknowledgments

      Chapter 1: Flight Anxiety: Why Should we be Worried?

      Chapter 2: Terror Management Theory: A Brief Background

      Chapter 3: Similarities Between Flight Anxiety and Death Anxiety

      Chapter 4: Terror Management Theory & Plane Crash Survivors

      Chapter 5: Is the Media to Blame for an Anxious Flying Public?

      Chapter 6: CNN & MH370: Journalism that Changed How Plane Incidents are Reported

      Chapter 7: Fixing the Current Journalistic Model

      Chapter 8: What can the Flying Public Do?

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