Wednesday, March 23, 2005
The media, or the interpreter of reality for the wad.
People think what they are instructed to think; presumably by someone more in tune with reality than they are. The study of the media in conjunction with the study of history (not necessarily modern history) with regard to the human animal tends to reveal many common threads that even predate the invention of newspapers, the first form of mass communications I know of. There were signal fires and drums previous to this, but these two media were limited in their ability to communicate abstract concepts.
Propaganda and news; it is usually impossible to tell the difference. This might be due to that fact that I am American and have been created and conditioned to be a consumer. The main “agenda” in a consumer society is to summon a desire that would otherwise be ignored by those within the target area, and offer an easy means of fulfilling that desire.
Did advertising learn from government? Did government learn from advertising? This chicken-or-egg argument, though pointless in the grand scheme, does lead to reflection on the best, proper uses of propaganda. When a medium of communication is being abused, does it negate the benefits of it?
Seeing a message that you are led gradually to think is news when in fact it is an advertisement has become more commonplace. This tendency has been increasing steadily in this world, especially since the 1970s.
The last hope for unbiased mass communications is the internet; so how can corporate entities take control of the internet?
Bandwidth?
Propaganda and news; it is usually impossible to tell the difference. This might be due to that fact that I am American and have been created and conditioned to be a consumer. The main “agenda” in a consumer society is to summon a desire that would otherwise be ignored by those within the target area, and offer an easy means of fulfilling that desire.
Did advertising learn from government? Did government learn from advertising? This chicken-or-egg argument, though pointless in the grand scheme, does lead to reflection on the best, proper uses of propaganda. When a medium of communication is being abused, does it negate the benefits of it?
Seeing a message that you are led gradually to think is news when in fact it is an advertisement has become more commonplace. This tendency has been increasing steadily in this world, especially since the 1970s.
The last hope for unbiased mass communications is the internet; so how can corporate entities take control of the internet?
Bandwidth?
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Who are the internet's gatekeepers? ISPs? AOL has grown to compass a huge share of the internet access gig, and the inclusion of the word "America" leads me to think that this ISP is working if not for U.S. Govt., they are working in common interest with it. AOL is notorious for blocking content.
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