Theme 2: critical media.. Post reflection

I was not surprised that so many in the seminar group had chosen to reflect on "Media Deception". The thoughts on this topic were quite similar to one another and all seemed to link the topic strongly to the present.
The term "enlightenment" was hardly discussed even though the question "what's wrong with myth and who can really claim superiority of science over it??" came up on more than one occasion. It was interesting, however, to see that not many had thought of mass deception, or seemed to a large extent defensive when it came to the question of mass culture.
So many people think that they're not affected by commercials and advertisement that they welcome mass deception with this "go on then, do your worst" attitude. But as with any instance, idea or concept- if there's money involved- it's a log bigger than you would think…
Mass deception is not about advertisement. Advertisement uses Mass deception(on a quite raw note) to their advantage.
When people think "I don't care if someone's monitoring my actions on the internet- I don't think they find them interesting and I have nothing to hide" they're nailed to an illusion of being in contact with the highest in rank. This, of course, is not the truth, as there are so many middle hands involved with their own agendas. Information is power, and whoever has that power can sell it.
So who has power? Leaders, politicians, authority, companies, media… take your pick.

references:
Truth, lies or self-deception? Striatal D_2/3 receptor availability predicts individual differences in
social conformity [A.Egerton, E.Rees, S.Bose, J.Lappin, P.Stokes, F.Turkheimer, S.Reeves 2010

The Elements of a Scientific Theory of Self-Deception [ R.Trivers 2006]

The evolution and psychology of self-deception [ W.von Hippel, T.Trivers 2011]