It affects everyone. Generally speaking, the more media literate (familiar with how the media operates), the more educated, the more critically thinking people are, the less likely [they are] to be swayed by it. People who just have more opportunity to think and evaluate information and who have access to more information and to different kinds of media are less likely to be so directly influenced.
in the time remaining, to help us understand how the man-made system of capitalism will lead to the extinction of our human species, and so many others.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
How Effective Are Misinformation Campaigns to Manipulate Public Opinion?
From Scientific American website--an interview with David Altheide, a sociologist at Arizona State University in Tempe.