Bumble: propoganda reading

Propaganda…

Class division and money are CLEARLY the source of power and influence over a mass of people.

Before the massive boom in the technology age for media, single power figures could control the ideologies of the masses just as the media corporations can infuse their beliefs and ideals on the population. Hitler is the perfect example of how a person who is perceived as having power can dictate to everyone else what they should believe, and just how powerful an ideology can be once it is solidified into our culture.

Imagine Hitler magnified by billions of dollars and mass media mediums, and then multiply his power by 20 other people who all work together to lay the rules out for society.

This article reminded me a lot of Adorno and how the media advertising is a cycle of those who are able to spend a lot of money, are the ones who end up on top and with the most success. This works in all arenas. Politicians NEED money for propaganda. The higher the class and the more money, then the more persuasive they can be over the lower class. In terms of the entertainemtn industry, the biggest budget films are the ones that can pervade our lives and really GET US!

This article also reminds me of a piece we read for the CMC200 class about the brokering between all different arenas. Particularly with the news stations that are dependent on the good graces of the politicians so will dish out millions of dollars to stay in their favor in order to receive information first. The news stations who do not give the money are already at the disadvantage over those who do. It is remarkable that those who say the news also are dictating what the masses (or lower class) thinks.

Propaganda also serves as a function in our perception of history. Those in power are the stories we hear. For example our great manifest destiny ignores the struggles of the Native Americans. Or, currently the Turkish government is still denying the Armenian genocide. They took control over the Armenians and they remain dominant.

All of the levels of what happens behind the media all leads to the same conclusion that those with money are controlling THE WORLD!

Scary…