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> lack of education and aggressive state-actor PsyOps Are there media which are not susceptible to PsyOps? (Edit: for example, print or online newspapers, tel
by rexpop 6y ago
> lack of education and aggressive state-actor PsyOps
Are there media which are not susceptible to PsyOps?
(Edit: for example, print or online newspapers, television, etc. They arguably, by setting a higher standard of rational and investigative rigor, produce fewer propaganda sock-puppets but, by that same token, coalesce trust into personages which can, in one fell swoop, be assassinated or—in the case of Ellen Degeneres—persuaded to reiterate state propaganda.)
And, are only state-actors to blame? After all, Facebook themselves were experimenting with emotion manipulation[0], and transnational corporations have at least as sophisticated branding, PR, and propaganda departments.
0. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jun/30/facebook-emotion-study-breached-ethical-guidelines-researchers-say https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jun/30/facebook-...
- COGlory 6y agoThis strikes me as a rational comment, and I don't understand why its being downvoted. Perhaps I'm missing something?
- htnsao 6y agoJust the usual pettiness.
- rexpop 6y agoI cannot tell you how gratifying it is to see my words described as "rational." Many technologists have a Right-Libertarian bent which rests on a fundamentally irrational trust in the ethics of the private firm, as a reflective validation of their own unimpeachable ethics. In short, they hate to be reminded that private corporations are unaccountable, and dangerously unethical. It can make it very hard to sleep at night. Edit: I mean, there are probably other factors at play, too. 1. https://www.metamute.org/editorial/articles/californian-ideology https://www.metamute.org/editorial/articles/californian-ideo...
- perl4ever 6y agoIt seems to be assuming everyone knows the context about Ellen, which they may not - I don't.