We may have already been brainwashed, just not by the media.
I believe that the media is just a reflection of humanity and no more responsible for humanities ugliness, than a mirror is for a trolls ugliness. If you look hard you can see the bad, the bad we see is of our making. Media is not a brainwasher, there is no real power in the media. Inner turmoil and the ability to increase general hostility, along with a little hyper sexuality is far from mind control.
On the flip side if we apply the methodologies we have learned in class to other systems, what would we come up with as having the worst potential for brain washing and propaganda? The true brainwashers all reside inside the educational system. I am not saying, education is bad, I just want you think about it the same way we have been examining the media and its effects. Apply McLuhan ‘s and Postman’s ideas to our education system, you will see there very structure is flawed. Then apply the concepts of mainstream and alternative medias with a little bit of what we know about bias and propaganda. Media sell’s you stuff and is full of fluff, teacher and schools tell you how the world works. Where do you think the brainwashing is being done? If you think I’m insane feel free to post a response, I would love to defend my position against some well thought out arguments.
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so is sewall going to give us another option to take the final?
We may have already been brainwashed, just not by the media.
I believe that the media is just a reflection of humanity and no more responsible for humanities ugliness, than a mirror is for a trolls ugliness. If you look hard you can see the bad, the bad we see is of our making. Media is not a brainwasher, there is no real power in the media. Inner turmoil and the ability to increase general hostility, along with a little hyper sexuality is far from mind control.
On the flip side if we apply the methodologies we have learned in class to other systems, what would we come up with as having the worst potential for brain washing and propaganda? The true brainwashers all reside inside the educational system. I am not saying, education is bad, I just want you think about it the same way we have been examining the media and its effects. Apply McLuhan ‘s and Postman’s ideas to our education system, you will see there very structure is flawed. Then apply the concepts of mainstream and alternative medias with a little bit of what we know about bias and propaganda. Media sell’s you stuff and is full of fluff, teacher and schools tell you how the world works. Where do you think the brainwashing is being done?
If you think I’m insane feel free to post a response, I would love to defend my position against some well thought out arguments.
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