Holy propaganda, Batman! Who knew going to the movies would turn into an unofficial crash course on media manipulation and the art of fear-mongering?
I couldn't help but laugh at the irony of a movie set in 2020 that feels far more realistic today than when the movie was made.
But on a serious note, this article indeed gets you thinking about the content we are fed every day. Are we all unknowingly participants in one huge game of emotional pinball, where everything seems to bounce from fear to anger to outrage?
Thank you, Neela! The fact that websites are openly claiming that the movie is NOT set in 2020 is what blew my mind. I’m guessing that prior to 2020, everyone agreed when the movie was set. Just another example of how easily it is to manipulate information to attempt to manufacture the response you want. Happy Weds, Sis, thanks so much for the thoughtful comment and share!
Love this piece Mack and completely agree with what you’re saying here. We should strive to avoid fear based, manipulative tactics in marketing and content creation. The algorithms for most platforms unfortunately favour this type of content as well as content with no substance that is really dumbing people down. I too believe it might get worse before it gets better and we’re already seeing this to some extent yet there is hope as more and more people are waking up to this and changing what they consume
Thank you, my friend. I do agree with you that there is hope, I am seeing more and more people starting to question sources and motivations behind content and information. Hopefully this will be a wakeup call for us all to be more thoughtful in the content we create, and consume.
Holy propaganda, Batman! Who knew going to the movies would turn into an unofficial crash course on media manipulation and the art of fear-mongering?
I couldn't help but laugh at the irony of a movie set in 2020 that feels far more realistic today than when the movie was made.
But on a serious note, this article indeed gets you thinking about the content we are fed every day. Are we all unknowingly participants in one huge game of emotional pinball, where everything seems to bounce from fear to anger to outrage?
Happy Wednesday bro.
Thank you, Neela! The fact that websites are openly claiming that the movie is NOT set in 2020 is what blew my mind. I’m guessing that prior to 2020, everyone agreed when the movie was set. Just another example of how easily it is to manipulate information to attempt to manufacture the response you want. Happy Weds, Sis, thanks so much for the thoughtful comment and share!
Love this piece Mack and completely agree with what you’re saying here. We should strive to avoid fear based, manipulative tactics in marketing and content creation. The algorithms for most platforms unfortunately favour this type of content as well as content with no substance that is really dumbing people down. I too believe it might get worse before it gets better and we’re already seeing this to some extent yet there is hope as more and more people are waking up to this and changing what they consume
Thank you, my friend. I do agree with you that there is hope, I am seeing more and more people starting to question sources and motivations behind content and information. Hopefully this will be a wakeup call for us all to be more thoughtful in the content we create, and consume.