Media Control

• Building principles of separation and magnifying differences
• Invading public consensus with propaganda
• Overwhelming and underwhelming information towards disproportionate action
• Aligning beliefs with those of profit and refraining from outside sources
• Intentional negligence towards complexity with the disregard for further context
• Incorporation and misuse of symbols to present messages devoid of cultural significance
• Teach critical and media literacy to undermine uses of such tactics

Within the current era, the methods of control have become far more insidious, sophisticated and obscure. Practically impossible to see unless already noticed. As societies have evolved the methods of control have as well. Through constant trial and error media has been rebranded as entertainment rather than a source to be dissected. With the corruption of media literacy within education. Systems have intentional subverted critical thinking in pursuit of a more controllable society. A betrayal of the agency present within media interpretation.

Why Media literacy is important

• It allows for discernment to question its intent
• It helps prevent power from being mishandled
• It provides individuals agency in their own interpretations
• It creates new stances of context