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> There’s a big difference between fiction when the viewer knows it’s make believe and when it’s presented as factual. The difference is far more nuanced and b
by asdf88990 2mo ago
> There’s a big difference between fiction when the viewer knows it’s make believe and when it’s presented as factual.
The difference is far more nuanced and borders on inconsequential when it comes to mass media influence on society.
Just because something is presented as fiction or for entertainment doesn’t mean it doesn’t impact your psyche or your perception of the world and others.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIA_influence_on_public_opinion#Work_with_entertainment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIA_influence_on_public_opinio...
- acdha 2mo agoIt’s complicated, yes, but my point is essentially just that someone saying “<ethnicity> are stealing our country! Force them out!” is specifically calling for violence directed against that group in a way that, say, a movie full of mayhem probably isn’t. That’s because, say, Paramount has editorial control and will never greenlight anything close to what many Facebook / X accounts with hundreds of thousands of followers say every day.
- asdf88990 2mo agoThe movie builds the narrative and the subconscious biases which is more sinister. This isn’t dismissing what Meta is doing, but Cinema in the West has been just as complicit and involved.