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They say that "media literacy is poor" in Pakistan but it's not at all clear that education would solve the problem. We've seen in more "media-literate" countri
by xhevahir 2y ago
They say that "media literacy is poor" in Pakistan but it's not at all clear that education would solve the problem. We've seen in more "media-literate" countries a free-floating distrust of media of all kinds that is exacerbated by the keener awareness of deceptive techniques. Niklas Luhmann has written about this "suspicion of manipulation:" https://monoskop.org/images/6/6c/Luhmann_Niklas_The_Reality_of_the_Mass_Media.pdf https://monoskop.org/images/6/6c/Luhmann_Niklas_The_Reality_...
- chii 2y agoThe fact that advertising works, despite many claiming they're not susceptible to it, is good evidence that media manipulation works amazingly well - even to people who think they understand and would not be manipulated.
- renox 2y agoOTOH there also the saying that there's no bad publicity.. So it's not so obvious!