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Barry Vacker Quoted in Fox News story on the 2012 apocalypse hysteria, December 13, 2012

DateFriday, February 22, 2013 at 04:34PM

Barry Vacker was quoted in a Fox News story about staying "calm" amidst the 2012 apocalyptic hysteria in America and elsewhere in the world. 

“Our media and movie cultures are filled with apocalyptic scenarios,” Barry Vacker, an associate professor of media studies and production at Temple University in Philadelphia, told FoxNews.com. “Amid the parade of catastrophes, humans still hope for some possibility of doing it all over again and correcting their mistakes.”

“We yearn for a new beginning, and a better tomorrow, even if the immediate future seems depressing to so many people.”

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/science/2012/12/11/with-mere-days-to-doomsday-scientists-call-for-calm/#ixzz2EvnSNEAT

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