How do we stop the media from manipulating the publics'  psyche and perceptions?
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you're completely right. given that social conditioning is most influential when we're young, start with youth and adolescents. expose the media's biases and expose human biases (racism, excessive consuming). \n\nas for now... pressure your Representative for campaign reform with letters and phone calls and email local and larger networks with your discontent. \n\ntalk to your friends and co-workers about upcoming elections and empower them with facts so that they will spread the word. word of mouth is POWERFUL. ask everyone to do a little something... even if its just signing a petition. people generally like to do things if you've convinced them and you just ask. and if you sense they might want to do more, suggest a way.
868211
Unfortunately, in the United States, many people are "that dumb" and are easily influenced (manipulated would be a better word) by the rhetoric of the right-wing media.  God help America, indeed!
404042
We are all "brainwashed" from childhood- by parents, kindergarden, school, friends, college, work, and yes,by media.\nWhat do you see/hear/read has been edited to certain level (sometimes to "very far from the truth), but it is your choice to listen to it or shut it down.\nIf some structure will try to brainwash you too strong - you will lose any trust for it and stop using it (example -in Soviet Union was newspaper called "Truth" -  and there was saying that if it is in "truth"- then it must be false).\nPolitcorrectness though is been mastered by media ,however i think that government is not the one to blame.
367315
the media runs the show.
1118586
In answer to the person who wanted examples:\n1. The Terry Shiavo story.\n2. The Natalee Holloway story.\n3. The now famous Bush military records story.\n... Need I go on.\n\nEvery day the media chooses what stories to focus on and which ones to ignore. This is the primary power of the mainstream media, and why they hate new media, because their hypocracy is exposed by cable news, talk radio and bloggers on a daily basis.
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no, it is because most us have no clue as to what is happening in our own country let alone our world, we are not unlike the citizen's in the soviet union in 1920-30's era,regarding media manipulation,Mr.Stalin demonstrated the powerfully effective tool that mainstream media propaganda is in manipulating complicit or apathetic behavior,as well as ignorance ,of the masses.Our mainstream media is owned by a few if that many corporations,our mainstream media is saturated with bs and corporate interests,when everyone else, including other non democratic countries around the world ,was watching the genocide of the poor african americans during Hurricane Katrina and cringing in their homes as they saw the poor crying to be saved,instead, being past up and left to die ,so that the rich could be saved only,and all the newspapers from australia to cuba ,talked about these events,not one of these images,stories,have appeared in mainstream media,even now books by cnn ,the large tv network ,"we bring you the world",will manage to include some less than favorable view that can be dismissed in their all inclusive book but not the reality every country ,but the united states is aware of,how pathetic is it,when some looney ass homophobe televangelist,Christian leader Pat Robertson calls the president by majority vote, of Valenzuela,a dictator, then commits the ultimate violation of the patriot act against him on national U.S. television,by calling for his assassination and promoting death and destruction in the name of God and all that is good and American,and we do not even know what is going on in our own backyard,while Mr. frikkin dictator of the year, is discussing on Valenzuelan national television,on his daily or weekly show ,with the people of his country ,how they were going to help the poor people in Louisiana,after they witnessed,what we never have,worse than that,anyone can call in and they do from wherever in the country and call in their concerns and contribute to the discussion by speaking to their dictator on national television directly,and Cindy Sheean or whatever her name was,camped out and called for days just wanting to ask her senate appointed president,a euphemism for dictator,one question,and she died waiting,I forgot what his lame ass excuse was,refusing to even act like he believes for one second he is accountable to the American voters,even if Mr. Chavez is indeed a dictator,he has the decency to lube it up before he sticks it to his people,for the rest of us articulate enough to read,write,and think for ourselves rather than being spoonfed a new reality,the illusion of freedom is being lifted away before our eyes,and there is no way Mr. Bush can take credit with all that is wrong,he did not invent this,he inherited it ,the foundation of corruption he stands on was not erected over night ,it has been there and started escalating with Clinton's policies, again no surprise ,both major parties are just one whore, trying to win a popularity contest for the lobbyists of the corporations ,who own democracy now.\nwhen you look at our reality in this context,we behave just as the soviet citizens did,manipulated by fear and hatred against terrorism and other demonized nations,cowering from our own shadow,blind to the reality that our military defense budget is the biggest that it has ever been and our oil companies profits are also the biggest they have ever been,and our gas prices are the highest they have ever been,our heads are so far up our cowardly patriotic asses,we do not know the we the united states has more military bases around the world than the world has countries,at least the ones we recognize, and we are still trying build a few more bases,us poor scared souls,somehow do not see what the whole world sees,in the word's of eminem,almost anyway,"you don't wanna fu%K with"George or try to convert your oil barrel prices to the Euro,"cause", George "will f@ckin k
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WWW.linktv.com\nThe above site, defines this. It explains how mass media gives slanted views. There are new independent, non-profit news/journalist agencies now telling other perspectives. Please check it out. I think you will get you question more than answered.
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It influences more.  People today are trying so hard to be "glam" like celebrities we see splashed all over the media.  There is no sense of just being yourself anymore.  \nAnd I think people trust the news much more than they should.  People don't realize that journalists are getting paid to write what will sell and won't offend, which is not necessarily the truth.\nThe media in no way reflect our society.
362049
Censoring isn't the answer. People need to somehow (that is the key) learn to believe what they believe while respecting what others believe.
583752
The media. Through spin and sensationalism they control the minds and emotions of the masses. They are the one international power that affects every civilized nation without exception and can induce riots, revolts, protests, public outrage, boycotts, or whatever else they wish.
127761
media (tv, papers, internet, radio,...) give a narrow view. as a result, humans are dumbed down globaly. this leads to ignorance & apathy. adhesion to religions, dictators & social quirks is our weakness.
100777
I'm taking your question seriously. I don't think that that's happened to me in the way that you're implying - like "The Manchurian Candidate," for example. But I do think that we are all susceptible to mind control through the media. Not the evil-scientist, direct-to-the-brain kind of thing, but I'm manipulated by television programming and advertising all the time. It changes my life in measurable ways as well as insidious ones.\n\nThink of how television commercials are set to be louder than the program you're watching, so that you won't be able to escape them when you walk out of earshot of the TV. (The fact that most TVs now allow you a setting to compensate for this only shows that the manipulation actually exists.) \n\nElectronic manipulation probably doesn't look like the mind-control movies. It looks like bright lights, snazzy ads, peer pressurized consumer campaigns, airbrushing, makeup, computer graphics, and web addresses that catch my attention and funnel me over to the computer, where I turn my attention away from the physical world, towards the electronic one.
1038239
Distraction is the media's way of taking your attention from the real issues. Just focus on what is important to you, who cares what other people want to focus on.
176386
OMG NO!!!! Mainstream media, be they normally associated as left or right, are a bunch of non informed idiots. \n\nLiars! They are ALL liars! :) They spin it just like the next politician. \n\nPeople please, do not rely on one news source. There are three sides to every story; you side, my side and the truth. \n\nthe moral is, read as much as you can about any given situation from different sources, and draw your own conclusion.\n\n**Believe 1% of what your mother tells you and nothing anyone else tells you.
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People are nurtured on a diet of information based on a Disney style interpretation of the truth. They are not stupid, they just don`t look for alternative versions of reality. media manipulation and an education system that encourages you to accept the official version of events does not help a person become intelectually independent. It suppresses free thought. Trust me i`ve worked the system. It is fundamentally flawed.
165446
There are three side to every story, my side, your side, and the truth.  A wise man once said to only believe half of what you see, and none of what you hear.  In the U.S. you have a very Liberal Press, but there is also enough conservative press out there that you can get a story from different perspectives.  Sometimes the world made by the press can be too real, but most of the time it is just bland.  We need to get news from several different sources in order to get a feel for what the story actually is.  The main problem with the media is that they only report what they want and that leaves a lot out there that we never get to learn about.
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News media are controlled in a variety of ways, including laws that govern their practices-libel and slander legislation- controlled by advertisers (the need for revenue) and the level of professionalism displayed by media practiioners (eg. having untrained reporters in the newsroom can pose major ethical questions, as well as media owners who do not understand the importance of a free press) Good luck with ur paper.