Mind Control (Excellent Article!)

[burek]

This might be a bit off topic (if it is, mods, please move/delete it) but nonetheless, a very interesting artice...

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[WhoKilledMLKing]

Great article!
Though they mentioned the famous Herbert Krugman, but not the man who inspired his research that came to shape the advertising industry: Mac Luhan.
Conclusion: throw your TV set and radio in the trashcan!

 

[Syringer]

Cliff's notes for the lazy and ADDed?

 

[Vadatajs]

HG Welles in the introduction...I like where this is going... Will update when done.

EDIT: Orson WTF is wrong with me?


That is the exact same reason for Muzak.

For those of you who liked this article I'd recommend reading E Unibus Plurum from A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never do Again by David Foster Wallace.

 

[Orsorum]

Just remember, our government has never used propaganda or any other methods to influence our thought processes. They never performed medical experiments on segments of our population, either.

 

[Spyro]

Conclusion: throw your TV set and radio in the trashcan!

What about books, magazines, and newspapers?

 

[WhoKilledMLKing]

Just read books, of course!
As if someone researching a subject for a week in a library could learn less than watching TV for one week expecting some 90 seconds news about it. And in a week's time you will get only one source watching TV: the corporations' oligarchy. Whereas in a library you will find many different sources.

 

[sandorski]

"The Medium is the Message", Marshal McLuhan