2013. 6.15 모의수능영어평가시험<R/C>

 

24. 다음 글의 주제로 가장 적절한 것은?

 

In the nineteenth century, a decisive moment occurred when people in advertising and journalism discovered that if they framed their stories and appeals with fear, they could capture our attention. It is an emotion we find hard to resist or control, and so they constantly shifted our focus to new possible sources of anxiety: the latest health scare, the new crime wave, and endless hazards in the environment of which we were not aware. With the increasing sophistication of the media and the haunting quality of the imagery, they have been able to give us the feeling that we are fragile creatures in an environment full of danger -- even though we live in a world infinitely safer and more predictable than anything our ancestors knew. With their help, our anxieties have only increased. (133 words)

 

① the crisis of modern journalism

② the various sources of human anxieties

③ the media's exploitation of human anxieties

④ the importance of advertising and journalism

⑤ the fragile nature of human life in modern society