Friday, November 29, 2013

Media & Public Perception--reality and illusion

The most frightening this in this is how Public Perception is being moulded by an unscrupulous Social & TV Media as reported by CobraPost and which we all have known for some time. Politicians say they have to harness it for their own benefit because the `other' side is on a rampage. Immediately Press Council of India, or the relevant institution  should appoint a Committee to frame rules of Social Media Combat--for what is at stake is Democracy of thought. Read Delilo's " White Noise' . Revisit the Dreyfuss Case. If you repeat a lie often enough, 90 % of the people will believe it,  goes the old adage.

Take Hollywood films as a case--if Media, whether it is through cinema halls, tv, or internet, control the content of what we see--that is all we will see, and revenue goes to Hollywood. All the other great films quietly rest in the dust. 

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