This is an important message and needs to be read widely.
When I used to read newspapers I was struck by the attitude of journalists and so-called 'opinion formers' who were contemptuous of the notion that visual media could influence them. Whether it was porn or graphic violence depicted in a film or computer game, they believed themselves to be immune to its effects.
Having spent years in marketing I know this to be BS. Companies would not spend millions on advertising if it had no impact on how their customers behaved. I also learnt that the best advertising or propaganda achieves its effects without the target realising that he/she has been manipulated. Intelligence or education do not seem to help anyone realise what is going on. In fact during the covid BS it seems to me that middle class people were more susceptible to the wall-to-wall propaganda than their working class counterparts.
I say all this because up to 3 years ago I allowed myself to be duped into believing lots of different bits of BS about our culture and our society. I was cagey about some things, but I accepted the necessity for childhood shots for example.
Thank God. like others, I have now started to wake up to the reality of the world, although sometimes I feel like a newborn baby in that there is so much to learn. But at least it's a start.
This is an important message and needs to be read widely.
When I used to read newspapers I was struck by the attitude of journalists and so-called 'opinion formers' who were contemptuous of the notion that visual media could influence them. Whether it was porn or graphic violence depicted in a film or computer game, they believed themselves to be immune to its effects.
Having spent years in marketing I know this to be BS. Companies would not spend millions on advertising if it had no impact on how their customers behaved. I also learnt that the best advertising or propaganda achieves its effects without the target realising that he/she has been manipulated. Intelligence or education do not seem to help anyone realise what is going on. In fact during the covid BS it seems to me that middle class people were more susceptible to the wall-to-wall propaganda than their working class counterparts.
I say all this because up to 3 years ago I allowed myself to be duped into believing lots of different bits of BS about our culture and our society. I was cagey about some things, but I accepted the necessity for childhood shots for example.
Thank God. like others, I have now started to wake up to the reality of the world, although sometimes I feel like a newborn baby in that there is so much to learn. But at least it's a start.
Thank you Abby ❤
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Excellent and incisive article. Thank you.