Behavioural Science

Fear Appeals in Marketing

By Denys Pankov · March 17, 2026 · 1 min read

When fear-based messaging works and when it backfires — the protection motivation theory, ethical guidelines, and the CRO experiments that test fear vs benefit framing.


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