And if they are in fact feeling that, how would the federal government mitigate it?
Do you think corrupt government officials will become more paranoid or less paranoid with the People questioning their authority and researching their every move?
QAnon.
On the inverse, do you think People will become more paranoid or less paranoid with government intelligence agencies tracking their every move?
QAnon.
On the inverse, do you think People will become more paranoid or less paranoid with government intelligence agencies tracking their every move?
DHS, that “significant” terrorism-related threat from groups inspired by domestic extremist ideological beliefs...
You mean this👇...?
You mean this👇...?
Media Psychology- an established profession that has literally boomed in the last 15 years, which many people just write off entirely...
These career professionals are significantly responsible for shaping the realities of massive amounts of people though media, and work in government as well as corporate entities.
Who are Media Psychologists?
- Paid Neurological cultivators
Framing narratives to influence massive amounts of people for their employers
Leveraging neurology/neuro-linguistic programming to solidify media views, and induce a willingness for individuals to self-censor or not share alternative messages due to inferences of negative reciprocity (spiral of silence).
These are established theories used by career Media Psychologists. Feel free to research it, heck it’s all over Wikipedia. This is no secret, yet I’m amazed to find that the average person is completely in the dark regarding this as an established profession.
There is an entire research field dedicated to improving methods of Media Psychology, called Media Effects research.
Researchers examine audiences after media exposure for changes in cognition, belief systems, and attitudes, as well as emotional, physiological and behavioral effects.
Effects to shape your reality:
Cultivating
Not all media effects are instantaneous or short-term. Gerbner (1969) created cultivation theory, arguing that the media cultivates a "collective consciousness about elements of existence."
If audiences are exposed to repetitive themes and storylines, over time, they may expect these themes and storylines to be mirrored in real life.
Framing
News outlets influence public opinion by controlling variables in news presentation. News gatherers curate facts to underscore a certain angle.
Presentation method—such as time of broadcast, extent of coverage and choice of news medium—can also frame the message; this can create, replace, or reinforce a certain viewpoint in an audience.
Entman (2007) describes framing as "the process of culling a few elements of perceived reality and assembling a narrative that highlights connections among them to promote a particular interpretation."
Not only does the media identify supposed "causes of problems," it can also "encourage moral judgments" and "promote favored policies."
One long-term implication of framing, if the media reports news with a consistent favorable slant, is that it can lend a helping hand to certain overarching institutions of thought and related entities.
Spiral of silence
Individuals are disinclined to share or amplify certain messages because of a fear of social isolation and a willingness to self-censor.
As applies to media effects studies, some individuals may silence their opinions if the media does not validate their importance or their viewpoint.
This spiral of silence can also apply to individuals in the media who may refrain from publishing controversial media content that may challenge the status quo
The Dominant Paradigm
This theory suggests that the mass media is able to establish dominance by reflecting the opinion of social elites, who also own and control it, described by sociologist Todd Gitlin as a kind of "importance, similar to the faulty concept of power".
By owning, or sponsoring particular medium, the elites are capable to alter what people perceived from the use of mass media.
The problem we face in America is a long, historical precedent:
Psychologically, not enough Americans are willing to QUESTION purported “facts” about our government, officials, or sources of information to the extent that they will unify to change atrocities in business or government that purports an imbalance of power & harms the livelihood of the population - even though they have the Constitutional provision to do so.
Why?
These career professionals are significantly responsible for shaping the realities of massive amounts of people though media, and work in government as well as corporate entities.
Who are Media Psychologists?
- Paid Neurological cultivators
Framing narratives to influence massive amounts of people for their employers
Leveraging neurology/neuro-linguistic programming to solidify media views, and induce a willingness for individuals to self-censor or not share alternative messages due to inferences of negative reciprocity (spiral of silence).
These are established theories used by career Media Psychologists. Feel free to research it, heck it’s all over Wikipedia. This is no secret, yet I’m amazed to find that the average person is completely in the dark regarding this as an established profession.
There is an entire research field dedicated to improving methods of Media Psychology, called Media Effects research.
Researchers examine audiences after media exposure for changes in cognition, belief systems, and attitudes, as well as emotional, physiological and behavioral effects.
Effects to shape your reality:
Cultivating
Not all media effects are instantaneous or short-term. Gerbner (1969) created cultivation theory, arguing that the media cultivates a "collective consciousness about elements of existence."
If audiences are exposed to repetitive themes and storylines, over time, they may expect these themes and storylines to be mirrored in real life.
Framing
News outlets influence public opinion by controlling variables in news presentation. News gatherers curate facts to underscore a certain angle.
Presentation method—such as time of broadcast, extent of coverage and choice of news medium—can also frame the message; this can create, replace, or reinforce a certain viewpoint in an audience.
Entman (2007) describes framing as "the process of culling a few elements of perceived reality and assembling a narrative that highlights connections among them to promote a particular interpretation."
Not only does the media identify supposed "causes of problems," it can also "encourage moral judgments" and "promote favored policies."
One long-term implication of framing, if the media reports news with a consistent favorable slant, is that it can lend a helping hand to certain overarching institutions of thought and related entities.
Spiral of silence
Individuals are disinclined to share or amplify certain messages because of a fear of social isolation and a willingness to self-censor.
As applies to media effects studies, some individuals may silence their opinions if the media does not validate their importance or their viewpoint.
This spiral of silence can also apply to individuals in the media who may refrain from publishing controversial media content that may challenge the status quo
The Dominant Paradigm
This theory suggests that the mass media is able to establish dominance by reflecting the opinion of social elites, who also own and control it, described by sociologist Todd Gitlin as a kind of "importance, similar to the faulty concept of power".
By owning, or sponsoring particular medium, the elites are capable to alter what people perceived from the use of mass media.
The problem we face in America is a long, historical precedent:
Psychologically, not enough Americans are willing to QUESTION purported “facts” about our government, officials, or sources of information to the extent that they will unify to change atrocities in business or government that purports an imbalance of power & harms the livelihood of the population - even though they have the Constitutional provision to do so.
Why?
The history of media psychology began back in 1950's when television was becoming popular.
Psychologists were focused on children and television to determine how television viewing affected a child's reading skills. Later, researchers began to study if children watching violent television were more likely to imitate violence or exhibit anti-social behavior.
In 1987, Division 46 - the Media Psychology Division of the American Psychological Association was created.
This field boomed following the terrorists attacks on 9/11.
People around the world were glued to media outlets in the days that followed.
Media psychologists with government support took this as an opportunity to study trauma portrayal in media and how it affected people.
Today the field of digital media is growing at an exponential rate along with the field of media psychology. Media psychologists not only study television and its effects, but also the internet and cellular technologies affects on human psychology & social behavior.
Real-world examples:
After conducting original research or studying past research, media psychologists apply their findings to real world situations.
Ie: They’re often employed to study why some people are more likely to watch certain television shows then offer practical solutions to increase viewers of these shows, or devise a plan to make certain types of media more socially acceptable and user friendly.
Media psychologists also act as marketing consultants responsible for determining how to make people more responsive to advertisements in the media. This can be accomplished any number of ways, from completely revamping an advertisement, to more subtle cognitive-enhancing changes such as time-sequencing, background music or color scheme.
Media psychologists in education or healthcare sectors make digital education tools more effective. Common examples of this are educational children's shows, e-courses, instructional DVD's, therapeutic and self-help media materials.
The most common employers of media psychologists are broadcasting companies -
TV, radio, digital media and movie studios.
Psychologists were focused on children and television to determine how television viewing affected a child's reading skills. Later, researchers began to study if children watching violent television were more likely to imitate violence or exhibit anti-social behavior.
In 1987, Division 46 - the Media Psychology Division of the American Psychological Association was created.
This field boomed following the terrorists attacks on 9/11.
People around the world were glued to media outlets in the days that followed.
Media psychologists with government support took this as an opportunity to study trauma portrayal in media and how it affected people.
Today the field of digital media is growing at an exponential rate along with the field of media psychology. Media psychologists not only study television and its effects, but also the internet and cellular technologies affects on human psychology & social behavior.
Real-world examples:
After conducting original research or studying past research, media psychologists apply their findings to real world situations.
Ie: They’re often employed to study why some people are more likely to watch certain television shows then offer practical solutions to increase viewers of these shows, or devise a plan to make certain types of media more socially acceptable and user friendly.
Media psychologists also act as marketing consultants responsible for determining how to make people more responsive to advertisements in the media. This can be accomplished any number of ways, from completely revamping an advertisement, to more subtle cognitive-enhancing changes such as time-sequencing, background music or color scheme.
Media psychologists in education or healthcare sectors make digital education tools more effective. Common examples of this are educational children's shows, e-courses, instructional DVD's, therapeutic and self-help media materials.
The most common employers of media psychologists are broadcasting companies -
TV, radio, digital media and movie studios.
How much are they paid?
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, media psychologists (categorized by the BLS as psychologists, all other) earned a median salary of $101,790 as of May 2019.
Psychologists in educational support services companies and management and technical consulting services companies earned an annual salary of $103,690 and $115,360, respectively, as of May 2019...
Follow the money.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, media psychologists (categorized by the BLS as psychologists, all other) earned a median salary of $101,790 as of May 2019.
Psychologists in educational support services companies and management and technical consulting services companies earned an annual salary of $103,690 and $115,360, respectively, as of May 2019...
Follow the money.
Neurotechnology & Perception Hacking.
This is your inherent barrier to unifying for change in the status quo - people don’t comprehend.
Watch this sub 4 minute video with the volume off. The music is annoying, but the info provides a concise overview based on one the most influential individuals in the field Media Psychology today.
Dr. Bernard Luskin
https://youtu.be/Zqjw8acunuc
This is your inherent barrier to unifying for change in the status quo - people don’t comprehend.
Watch this sub 4 minute video with the volume off. The music is annoying, but the info provides a concise overview based on one the most influential individuals in the field Media Psychology today.
Dr. Bernard Luskin
https://youtu.be/Zqjw8acunuc
YouTube
Dr. Bernard Luskin, Media Psychology
Dr. Bernard Luskin was selected by University Business Magazine as one who has had exceptional careers in both education and corporate life. Luskin received two Emmys, distinguished leadership and alumni awards from the UCLA Doctoral Alumni Association, California…
Dr. Luskin - former US Navy,
is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and a past president of the Society for Media Psychology & Technology.
He also launched the MA program in Media Psychology and Social Change with UCLA extension and the MA program in Media and Communications Psychology at Touro University Worldwide.
Luskin is a pioneer in media literature and program development. He conducted the APA Task Force Study that redefined Media Psychology in 1998.
is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and a past president of the Society for Media Psychology & Technology.
He also launched the MA program in Media Psychology and Social Change with UCLA extension and the MA program in Media and Communications Psychology at Touro University Worldwide.
Luskin is a pioneer in media literature and program development. He conducted the APA Task Force Study that redefined Media Psychology in 1998.
McLuhan coined the expression "the medium is the message" and the term global village, and predicted the World Wide Web almost 30 years before it was invented.
Cambridge University, 1934 - he credited the faculty there with influencing the direction of his later work because of their emphasis on the training of perception.
Cambridge University, 1934 - he credited the faculty there with influencing the direction of his later work because of their emphasis on the training of perception.
In the 1950s, McLuhan began the Communication and Culture seminars at University of Toronto, funded by The Ford Foundation.
The Mechanical Bride (1951) he examined the effect of advertising on society and culture.
A major under-acknowledged influence on McLuhan's work is the Jesuit philosopher Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, whose ideas anticipated those of McLuhan, especially the evolution of the human mind into the "noosphere."
McLuhan stated in 1962,
“This externalization of our senses creates what de Chardin calls the "noosphere" or a technological brain for the world.
Instead of tending towards a vast Alexandrian library, the world has become a computer, an electronic brain, exactly as in an infantile piece of science fiction.
And as our senses have gone outside us, Big Brother goes inside. So, unless aware of this dynamic, we shall at once move into a phase of panic terrors, exactly befitting a small world of tribal drums, total interdependence, and super-imposed co-existence.”
The Gutenberg Galaxy: The Making of Typographic Man
McLuhan analyzed the effects of mass media, especially the printing press, on European culture and human consciousness.
Though the Internet was invented almost 30 years after The Gutenberg Galaxy, and 10 years after his death, McLuhan prophesied web technologies seen today as early as 1962....
McLuhan stated:
“The next medium, whatever it is—it may be the extension of consciousness—will include television as its content, not as its environment, and will transform television into an art form. A computer as a research and communication instrument could enhance retrieval, obsolesce mass library organization, retrieve the individual's encyclopedic function and flip into a private line to speedily tailored data of a saleable kind.”
The Mechanical Bride (1951) he examined the effect of advertising on society and culture.
A major under-acknowledged influence on McLuhan's work is the Jesuit philosopher Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, whose ideas anticipated those of McLuhan, especially the evolution of the human mind into the "noosphere."
McLuhan stated in 1962,
“This externalization of our senses creates what de Chardin calls the "noosphere" or a technological brain for the world.
Instead of tending towards a vast Alexandrian library, the world has become a computer, an electronic brain, exactly as in an infantile piece of science fiction.
And as our senses have gone outside us, Big Brother goes inside. So, unless aware of this dynamic, we shall at once move into a phase of panic terrors, exactly befitting a small world of tribal drums, total interdependence, and super-imposed co-existence.”
The Gutenberg Galaxy: The Making of Typographic Man
McLuhan analyzed the effects of mass media, especially the printing press, on European culture and human consciousness.
Though the Internet was invented almost 30 years after The Gutenberg Galaxy, and 10 years after his death, McLuhan prophesied web technologies seen today as early as 1962....
McLuhan stated:
“The next medium, whatever it is—it may be the extension of consciousness—will include television as its content, not as its environment, and will transform television into an art form. A computer as a research and communication instrument could enhance retrieval, obsolesce mass library organization, retrieve the individual's encyclopedic function and flip into a private line to speedily tailored data of a saleable kind.”
McLuhan coined and certainly popularized the usage of the term surfing (before the internet!) to refer to rapid, irregular, and multidirectional movement through a heterogeneous body of documents or knowledge.
Digital McLuhan explores the ways that McLuhan's work may be understood better through using the lens of the digital revolution.
McLuhan's most widely-known work, Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man (1964), is a seminal study in media theory. Dismayed by the way in which people approach and use new media such as television, McLuhan famously argues that in the modern world "we live mythically and integrally…but continue to think in the old, fragmented space and time patterns of the pre-electric age."
The Media is the Message:
McLuhan described key points of change in how man has viewed the world, and how these views were changed by the adoption of new media.
“The past went that-a-way. When faced with a totally new situation, we tend always to attach ourselves to the objects, to the flavor of the most recent past.
We look at the present through a rear-view mirror.
We march backward into the future.”
McLuhan's statements are inherently suggestive towards the notion that media is inherently dangerous.
Digital McLuhan explores the ways that McLuhan's work may be understood better through using the lens of the digital revolution.
McLuhan's most widely-known work, Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man (1964), is a seminal study in media theory. Dismayed by the way in which people approach and use new media such as television, McLuhan famously argues that in the modern world "we live mythically and integrally…but continue to think in the old, fragmented space and time patterns of the pre-electric age."
The Media is the Message:
McLuhan described key points of change in how man has viewed the world, and how these views were changed by the adoption of new media.
“The past went that-a-way. When faced with a totally new situation, we tend always to attach ourselves to the objects, to the flavor of the most recent past.
We look at the present through a rear-view mirror.
We march backward into the future.”
McLuhan's statements are inherently suggestive towards the notion that media is inherently dangerous.