2- Break Free from the Diabolical Hollywood TV

2- Break Free from the Diabolical Hollywood TV
In pursuit of the truth - cinops be gone - Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2012

American Family Journal, Feb. 2013, “Wormwood” by Ed Vitagliano, www.afajournal.org

“More than 88% of American adults watch television every day, and the average adult watches between five and five-and-a half hours. Children and teenagers come in at an average of three-and-a-half hours a day.

“In 2012, according to the Nielsen Company, which tracks habits related to television, and more than 84% of U.S. households had more than one TV set. In 1960 it was 12%. Is all this TV good or bad for Americans…. Evidence is mounting, however, that in its presentation of violence, sex and profanity, even the use of tobacco, alcohol and drugs, television shapes those who watch it. TV is not only ubiquitous, but also persuasive and potent in its ability to influence our values and behavior….

“In a 2011 article for Psychology Today, Peter Guber said that in his 40 years in the movie-making business, “I’ve come to see that stories … are far more than entertainment. They are the most effective form of human communication, more powerful than any other ways of packaging information.” Why? Stories hit the viewer emotionally and thus connect him or her to the characters in the film. The viewer “can very quickly come to identify psychologically with characters in a narrative or share an experience - courtesy of the images evoked in the telling,” Gruber said.

“It’s why people are mesmerized by a movie series like Twilight or a drama like Glee, but often don’t know how many members of Congress serve in Washington, D.C…. Once people have been transfixed by a story, however, transferring new values becomes easier. Guber said telling “purposeful stories” is the most effective means of persuading people and “the most effective way of translating ideas into action.”…

“A pair of fascinating 2008 studies appear to validate Guber’s theory. The first, headed by Eliana La Ferrara, professor of economics at Bocconi University in Italy, was a study focused on the influence of soap operas on fertility rates in Brazil…. What researchers found was stunning. After to exposure to soap operas, family size began to shift to reflect family sizes in the novelas. It was as if viewers began to identify with the characters they were watching and began to mimic their lifestyles. In fact, said the study, “[People living in areas covered by the [Rede Globo] signal were more likely to name their children after novela characters” than those who did not….

“More remarkable, the study was able to demonstrate that it wasn’t simply television per se that led to altered fertility rates but the soap operas themselves. In other words, it was the content of TV programming that influenced attitudes and behavior….

“Similarly, a study headed by Robert Jensen of the UCLA School of Public Affairs examined the effect of the spread of cable television in India as it related to the status of women. Researchers found that introduction of cable into villages and had previously been without it changed attitudes on matters such as the acceptability of domestic violence against women and preference for having sons rather than daughters. Like the Brazil study, a drop in fertility also resulted after cable television entered a region….

“What is remarkable about the Jensen and La Ferrara studies, however, is the empirical demonstration of the power of television to change attitudes and behavior for good or evil. In fact, both studies concluded with a pitch for government to use the potency of television to shape the culture…. In America, of course, the manipulation has been handled for the last 50 years, by and large, not by the government, but Hollywood….” [The leftist brainwashing propaganda machine has been an outstanding success in reelecting President Barack Obama.]

George H. Kubeck, I bought Ben Shapiro’s book, “Primetime Propaganda” soft cover, $15.99.