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> It can't be that a genuine issue has filtered into the public consciousness via a dramatised TV show. Strongly disagree, for examples: https://www.bbc.com/ne

> It can't be that a genuine issue has filtered into the public consciousness via a dramatised TV show. Strongly disagree, for examples: https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-17820571.amp https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-17820571.amp (also one underestimates the sheer presence of Toby Jones at one’s peril)

verisimi 3y ago
Thank you for your link. It seems you have missed my point though. Your example strongly supports my thesis that this event requires a media analysis. From your linked article: > It was in 1951 that BBC radio and the Ministry of Agriculture created The Archers, an "everyday story of country folk", which encouraged farmers to try new techniques to increase productivity in the years after WWII. > "It's one thing to read a persuasive argument in print it's quite another to be persuaded by the power of the human voice," says Andrew Crisell, Professor of Broadcasting Studies at the University of Sunderland in the UK. TV shows, news, the BBC, ITV, papers, etc, etc more broadly "stuff on screens" are used to deliver a message. Media literally mediates reality for you - this is how governance occurs. One is given a message, and then most people respond appropriately. (Obv. psychological 'tricks' are known and applied, eg reverse psychology.) The question for me is what is the message that the media is attempting to be convey in this case? Answers on a postcard.
lmz 3y ago
I guess this Toby Jones is not the one from the BBQ/foot massage ad? https://youtu.be/WPkMUU9tUqk https://youtu.be/WPkMUU9tUqk
VBprogrammer 3y ago
It's weird, I'm not sure where I first heard about it but I was well aware of the issue. The problem I had was that I just lumped it with Therac-25 and Araine Flight V88, cautionary tales from the past. I had no idea that postmasters were still awaiting justice.

verisimi 3y ago

Thank you for your link. It seems you have missed my point though. Your example strongly supports my thesis that this event requires a media analysis. From your linked article: > It was in 1951 that BBC radio and the Ministry of Agriculture created The Archers, an "everyday story of country folk", which encouraged farmers to try new techniques to increase productivity in the years after WWII. > "It's one thing to read a persuasive argument in print it's quite another to be persuaded by the power of the human voice," says Andrew Crisell, Professor of Broadcasting Studies at the University of Sunderland in the UK. TV shows, news, the BBC, ITV, papers, etc, etc more broadly "stuff on screens" are used to deliver a message. Media literally mediates reality for you - this is how governance occurs. One is given a message, and then most people respond appropriately. (Obv. psychological 'tricks' are known and applied, eg reverse psychology.) The question for me is what is the message that the media is attempting to be convey in this case? Answers on a postcard.

lmz 3y ago

I guess this Toby Jones is not the one from the BBQ/foot massage ad? https://youtu.be/WPkMUU9tUqk https://youtu.be/WPkMUU9tUqk

VBprogrammer 3y ago

It's weird, I'm not sure where I first heard about it but I was well aware of the issue. The problem I had was that I just lumped it with Therac-25 and Araine Flight V88, cautionary tales from the past. I had no idea that postmasters were still awaiting justice.