Tag: Media
The Use of Entertainment and the Elaboration Likelihood Model of Persuasion...
“At this very moment in our country, an elaborate research project into motivation is going on, whose object is to find out...
Controlling Public Perception: Understanding the Nature of Mass Media and Propaganda
I have long believed Americans need to shut off the mass media and pay close attention to what it is science has...
Molding Man’s Mind Through the New Propaganda
The purpose of the new propaganda is to frame all the news in a way that aligns with the beliefs and attitudes...
What Side Are You On?
In the past, our political and philosophical differences were a bit more…nuanced. Those differences were more a disagreement on the method to...
Open Letter to Dennis Prager
Dear Mr. Prager,
Back in March of 2021, when twisting my radio dial, I said, “My, my, my, what...
Fear-Based Persuasion, Propaganda, and an Invasion from Mars
The Covid-19 pandemic has shown that the government and mainstream media can work together to produce effective persuasive messaging. Millions of Americans,...
A sad state of affairs, money and the political machine
Why does it require truckloads of money to win an election? Or does it? Hillary Clinton spend gobs of money,...
Fourth Estate is Dead, Long Live the Fifth
Over 100 news organizations have signed on to running anti-Trump editorials this week as a counterattack to Trump's criticism of the press. If their...