Media manipulation

Media manipulation is about using the media to favor one's own interests, agenda or bias such as for political reasons. For this, logial fallacies, deception, disinformation and propaganda may be used. Very often, other views of the argument are left out.

In Propaganda: The Formation of Men's Attitudes, Jacques Ellul writes that public opinion can only express itself through channels which are provided by the mass media of communication – without which there could be no propaganda.Ellul, Jacques (1973). Propaganda: The Formation of Men's Attitudes, Ch. 2.Trans. Konrad Kellen & Jean Lerner. Vintage Books, New York. .
It is used within public relations, propaganda, marketing, etc. While the objective for each context is quite different, the broad techniques are often similar.
The more modern mass media manipulation methods are types of distraction, on the assumption that the public has a limited attention span.

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 Internet censorship

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Category:Mass media
Category:Social influence