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The think is that "advertisements", "news" and political statements get mixed up. Like they advertise a YouTube channel/video, but then that YouTube channel/vi
by dathinab 6y ago
The think is that "advertisements", "news" and political statements get mixed up.
Like they advertise a YouTube channel/video, but then that YouTube channel/video contains badly manipulative content.
Worse with how thinks developed in recent times on YouTube not even all of this videos have bad intention some have accidental manipulative by oversimplifying reality. Like ... explained in 10 minutes where ... is fairly complex and omitting any of the major parts will have manipulative effects on the opinions people with no knowledge about ... get.
Most scarily is that I have seen some channels providing mini educational videos of this kind which for most topics try to be objective but for some topics are extremely manipulative while convincing you that they just present you the "objective" facts, in a way which clearly is NOT accidental. I'm a 20+ year old student and if I wouldn't have know more about the given topic I would have been tricked by them. So the effect such videos can have on younger people has me worried.