Thursday, April 23, 2009
April 19-25 Discussion 2
We are immersed in the sea of persuasion through many things. One of the really popular way of convincing the public is through the media. As we hear things and find new information, we grasp it and believe that it is true. Even in advertisements, people are fooled into believing it the things that the advertisement is trying to get to. I remember my senior year in high school how so many colleges came by to make a presentation about their college. They started talking about their specialties and the advantages that will be given to students if students apply to that college. This is a way of persuasion to convince students that this college is the best and that it has the program provide for them. Persuasion is a powerful tool and if it is abused too much, then the public that are convinced will do things beyond what they don't know. Everyone has been convinced at least once already and that's the way of life and if people don't get convinced, the society would not turn out right. By becoming a critical consumer of persuasive messages, it would be harder for the persuaders to convince us. Thus, we will need to think what's best for us and moreover what would be best for the group if it deals with a group of people. If we just assume that the persuasion is correct, we would easily lose.
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I agree with you the easiest way for people to get persuaded now a days is by the media. The media plays a role in everyone’s lives whether it is TV, magazines or billboards. A lot of it can be propaganda to get you to buy a certain product or do something they want you to do. It is important to be a critical consumer of persuasive message that way we actually start think about ourselves and what’s best for us, rather than what everyone else is doing. Because if you think about it media what’s to get you to do something for their own benefit not yours.
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