Social Media sets us up for manipulation
Scoop USA Newspaper|November 22, 2022
Since its inception right after WWII, psychologists have known television watching has a deleterious impact on our brains. "Broadcast television in the United States has a particular frequency of flicker that cannot be seen but which affects brain function.
Junious Ricardo Stanton
Social Media sets us up for manipulation

Several studies that have measured brain wave activity in people while they watch television noticed that the brain waves were similar to being in a trance-like state, which is associated with a decreased function of the cerebral cortex— the critical thinking part of the brain. When in this state for several hours per day, it becomes more difficult to focus attention and control impulses.

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that children watch no more than two hours of television per day--and even more beneficial if reduced even further. Many health experts now encourage parents to eliminate television for children under age seven, by which time their brains have had the chance to develop a bit more.” Tele-Tubbies and Your Health Dr. Kevin O’Hara D.C. https://oharachiro.com/effects-of-watching-too-much-television.html

This known fact is suppressed by the telecommunications industry and the government because they use this technology to brainwash and program us into wanton consumerism, accepting their version of reality and uncritically internalize messaging designed to entrain and control us. Media manipulation and social engineering have increased with the proliferation of digitized social media. In fact, it has made the situation far worse.

“It has been more than a decade since ‘persuasive technologies’ and ‘nudging’ were first advanced as benign forms of social control. The U.S. and UK governments established ‘Nudge Units’ that applied behavioral sciences in diverse contexts to influence behavior at scale.

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