In media studies, you will often see derided the "hypodermic needle" theory of media effects — the idea that the media can inject ideas into the passively receptive minds of consumers, who then accept them and reproduce them at face value. Over the decades, I've certainly mocked that theory myself and its implications that people are easily manipulated against their will and that consumers share no responsibility or take no pleasure in being swayed by propaganda.
Stacked crooked
Stacked crooked
Stacked crooked
In media studies, you will often see derided the "hypodermic needle" theory of media effects — the idea that the media can inject ideas into the passively receptive minds of consumers, who then accept them and reproduce them at face value. Over the decades, I've certainly mocked that theory myself and its implications that people are easily manipulated against their will and that consumers share no responsibility or take no pleasure in being swayed by propaganda.