This multimedia presentation describes the effects of the media in eroding the American perception of reality. Second graders easily recognize a picture of Ronald McDonald, but 30 percent of 4th graders cannot identify a photograph of Abraham Lincoln.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUBy9szHzNI
Published on Jun 23, 2012
This multimedia presentation describes the effects of the media in eroding the American perception of reality. Second graders easily recognize a picture of Ronald McDonald, but 30 percent of 4th graders cannot identify a photograph of Abraham Lincoln. A majority of Americans in a poll in 2004 believed the 911 hijackers came from Iraq. These and dozens of other cognitive errors trace themselves to a pattern of media over-exposure, under-exposure, and other propaganda techniques (reframing, vicarious learning, and repeated affirmations). The long term effect is to create a delusional, distorted, and surrealistic vision of the world in the American psyche. More at http://www.collectivepsych.com