It’s always good advice to be told to question every desire, because its easy to forget that deceiving ones self is the easiest form of deception. The media has helped to create a world where recognition has become a not so subtle addiction that we feed on and hunger for everytime we are served with [...]
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You don’t need a vast amount of research to know that children are highly influenced by what they see. The early process of learning is mostly based on imitation – where a child copies whatever acts that he comes across in his external environment. On that line of thought one cannot afford to ignore the [...]
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I watched a comedy sketch on TV where a young boy and girl were asked by a reality show director to pretend as though they were brother and sister. They both agreed, but at a certain point the boy began to feel like he was acting rather than portraying his own real life. The director [...]
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Films are a very effective way to place thoughts in peoples minds. Film makers don’t care if we realise this or not. We don’t even have to be paying attention. Sometimes the flashing images are enough to lead people in a certain direction. The fascinating thing about films is their innate ability to keep one [...]
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America and its allies for a long time have been promoting a concept that we are all now very familiar with, democracy! When one thinks about this as a concept, it make sense. It’s a system of government in which ‘the people’ hold supreme power – through their elected representatives. In practice though, democracy is [...]
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A while ago there was a wide-spread rumour about the fact that Will Smith and his wife Jada Pinkett-Smith had split up. As you can imagine this was news that shook the very foundation of love in hollywood, and as the news spread, societies hope of love and relationships was destroyed in one swift blow. [...]
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In a world full of subliminal messages and symbolism emerges certain figures who are bold enough to wear their cause on their sleeve. Spirituality is a phrase that is often ignored or overlooked because we are instead motivated by an overwhelming desire to be entertained; and it is under the guise of “entertainment” that our subconscious is [...]
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One would think that the details of the assassination of such a high profile terrorist would be clear and straight forward; but as time goes on more and more questions are being asked even by the most loyal of American patriots. Initially it was announced by John Brennan, the White House Counter-terrorism chief, that Osama, his son, [...]
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In order to truly understand the nature of the media, it is important for us to become acquainted with its good friend “propaganda”. Propaganda is an extremely huge word, because it incorporates a wide variety of techniques that are often combined to reach a desired effect. For the sake of the discussion, we will define [...]
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Recent occurrences have made it necessary to revisit what exactly happened on September the 11th 2001. The media along with a number of sources played a massive role in how the world viewed the incident, and certain reactions were provoked because of this event. On the morning of that fateful day, the basic story we are told [...]
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