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I work in tv production and i can answer this.

It's designed to target and prey on your emotions, not your intellect, if they could shut down your intellect entirely, they would. It did not use to be like that 50 years ago, watch TV recordings from back then and see how calmer it was. Back then the focus was telling the story, now the focus is capturing your attention.

This is achieved in many ways

Pacing. Average shot length has been dropping steadily and it keeps dropping. https://flowingdata.com/2014/09/22/evolution-of-movies/#:~:text=The%20average%20shot%20length%20of%20English%20language%20films,than%2015%2C000%20movies%20made%20between%201910%20and%202010. This is data up to 2010 and 2010 - present the trend keeps accelerating. The human brain can't keep up with cuts and has to constantly fill in the gaps and plays catchup, tries to get some detail out of a shot but it can't because the next shot interrupts it. Just the pacing alone will put you in a very aroused state. This is why tiktok and shorts take over everything. You don't have time to think, let alone think about what you're seeing, your brain resources are spent on just keeping up with the information given.

Music and timing actions/shots to music. Music that is increasingly more aggressive, grave, epic and on a higher tempo.

Shots that are increasingly more dynamic/moving around.

Complex and very colorful video effects. Bright and flashing colors excite the brain.

Picture in picture (2 up to 8 different video feeds) and crawls (crawling text) and titles with more info. This is specific to "news" channels but is a very potent exciter.

**Essentially you're intentionally being taken on an EMOTIONAL rollercoaster and all you can do is take it because it is overwhelming. Think of it like trying to float in a very turbulent river.**

When you are overwhelmed you not capable to think and filter information and this is where the programming starts.

It's mainly done through association, repetition, normalization but there are too many ways to list.

There is a lot of appeal to authority as everyone appearing on TV is implied to be some sort of an expert, not just the guests but the hosts as well. It is implied that they are smart. You would not want to appear foolish by disagreeing with smart people.

Assume everything is fake and gay on TV because it usually is.

I'm sure there are multiple different reasons, here's at least a few points that I think are relevant...

1) Most people tend to subconsciously let their guard down in the comfort of their own home, which makes it easier for propaganda to resonate with them than it would in public where people are going to be more alert and aware of their surroundings.

2) The repetitive nature of the messaging across all programming. It doesn't matter if someone is watching the news, a movie, a sitcom, sportsball, etc, the exact same worldview is presented and repeatedly reinforced.

3) No one is disputing the judeo-propaganda and alternative viewpoints are being misrepresented and ridiculed. If someone is not evaluating the information they are receiving through a critical lens, they are left with the impression that what they see/hear on the television is a universal truth.

LowIQ has trouble distinguishing between TV fiction and real life fact. This is why lead paint-eating boomers will interchange what they saw in a movie with historical facts.

I bet at least 10 million boomers thought the Civil War movie was real.

If you have any expectations of intellect from TV watchers, lower them. The average person is stupid.

For one, audio-visual manipulation is quite effective, better than only one out of two. You can turn off a radio and disagree, you can stop reading a book and disagree, a black-white movie won't convey much, but movies can convey seemingly realistic environments, occurrences and characters that doesn't require imagination.

You can put together EXACTLY what you want to convey in the way you want. And it is best when it's subtle. The main story, the characters all can be fictional - that's not what causes the manipulation.

But the smart negro at the desk in the future, the cunning-convincing pajeeta, the oh-so random cast of all sorts of races and genders of background or side characters. It all conveys the idea of normality. It's not discussed why niggers happen to be in space in 2-3 centuries, they just are. And not only won't you question it, you subconsciously adopt that idea. Ah, that wild strang-smart wahmen character just happens to be the best in what she does, and nobody can match her. Her competition are men anyway btw, and they fail. So you may like her as a character, know that it's all fiction, but the sense of equality lingers in you: "Every woman can be as good or better as I am."

Your ideas are continually reaffirmed everywhere you go. If you believe in "equality", you will only gather neutral to positive responses. It's the right thing to believe. And you don't want to be evil, do you?

You don't want to be evil and be needlessly controversial and hated, do you? DO YOU? Just go with the flow. You are a good person if you do it and do not resist our soothing lies. It's a good lie, it makes you look good. If you don't believe it, at least shut up about it. And if you don't, we de-person you.

The human brain has not evolved to process and separate moving images that are not real from actual memories.

That's it.

There's a lot to be said about that and I hope that if I go on a tangent it will not dilute the point of the first paragraph.

Your brain can't make the distinction between television and memory below the conscious level, and once we look at it from that perspective, the effects of the programming and the subtle, constant nature of the enforcement training stand out to us better.

Babies learn everything by observing. Not exploring. When they explore, they engage in what theyve *observed* and test that against the world and weigh the world's input. That never stops. At a certain point we observe everything we need to know to convincingly "be people", which is really just brainwashing via exposure, but it's how we're built and it is exploitable via moving images.

Mimicry is a powerful tool and weapon

I read somewhere a while ago that there is something with the frequency that the screens run at that has a kind of hypnosis effect. I really don't ever watch TV, but I've definitely found myself mindlessly staring at a TV screen when I'm out somewhere, not even paying attention to what's on. That could play a part. There's also intellectual laziness, people generally just want to be told what to believe so they don't have to do any work.

I wish I had a complete answer for you, but I only brought two key pieces. Maybe you can assemble the key and make another post.

Key piece #1: Herd instinct
True story: a man went to England to the London underground. The train stopped and everyone piled in, but it didn't go and no announcements were heard. There was a second, empty train on the other tracks. A few people left to the other train, and then a few more, then the whole crowd moved. Still no announcement nor motion. Five minutes pass. A few people leave the second train back to the original, then a few more, then the whole crowd got back on the first train.

What the fuck is going on here?
**To put it simply: watching groups of people behave as though they believe a thing FORCES you to believe it more.**
You can only adjust the degree of influence, not the fact of it. This can be used to heal: a kid traumatized by a dog can watch videos of other children happily playing with dogs, ideally several children and dogs on screen at once. The kids on screen are behaving as though they believe dogs are safe and fun, and the kid watching has no choice: his attitude is being adjusted.

This is why (((they))) constantly showed crowds who were all wearing masks while doing pieces on COVID. People are helpless against this method of normalization. It leaves a very strong impression of "everyone is doing it", compounded by the fact that *they had no organic crowds to observe* during lockdowns.

So if everyone on TV acts like gays are cool and nazis are pariahs, the sheeple are helpless to not be persuaded.

Key piece #2: Social status
Most of us on ConPro are sigma males, and we have some omegas too. It's the alpha/beta dynamic for males who don't give a fuck about social stature. The approval of others means little to us. If it did, would we appreciate The Forbidden Philosopher? No way. Openly supporting him will absolutely trash your social status in most circles... for now.

So we tend to overlook that alphas, betas, and women in general put social stature as one their top life motivations, underlying so many of their other behaviors. They subconsciously prioritize how they'll be seen when they introduce themselves to a stranger next year. Will they feel good about it? Will they be respected for it, even just a bit? Or will they be embarassed? The "main culture"'s status symbols have economic value. Fancy cars, big houses, college degrees, "good careers", but also overt hierarchies, corporate, government, military, religious, fraternal, and... televised. **On television, it is very easy to give someone the appearance of high status. Suited and serious, applause from a studio audience(see #1), a fictional character earning respect from other fictional characters, and more.**

But what if someone's not willing or able to succeed in the main culture's value system? They will try to display inherent values - good looks, good body, intelligence, charm, etc. And if they're not remarkable in any of those ways? Ah, now here we approach the very heart of "**consume product and get excited for next product**".

Why do people pay to do brand advertising for someone else's brand? Stickers, logos, t-shirts... for bands, tv series, movie series, fictional characters, etc. Seriously, why?

Same reason the freemasons have bumper stickers: to identify oneself as a member of a subculture. Once you're in the subculture, there are two sets of values: core values and cosmetic values.
Core values are what elevates someone within the subculture, and is why the original fans were attracted to the source material. Things like embracing the main character's philosophy or authentic affection for the source material raise your position.
Cosmetic values are symbolic markings associated with the subculture. One or two membership symbols is plenty for most, like hippies wearing tie-dye, or flags in your twiX handle. Stupid people and bandwagoners try to raise their status by taking the cosmetic values to extremes, instead of embracing the core values. It works to some degree, but only their appearance gets respect.
Subcultures exist for people who can't find enough respect in the economic dimension, or who detest any part of (((mainstream))) morality. All fandoms are like this. Sometimes the "source material" is celebrity PR or a body of (generally ongoing) entertainment work, but the principle is virtually the same. Emulate the respected and you'll get some respect, which works perfectly... in a world without fiction.

Half-key piece #3: uniformity of audiovisual influence
Thirty people will read an article and get very different impressions from the article. Thirty people will watch a video and get very similar impressions from the video. I don't know why this happens.
I think it has something to do with the emotional impact points. That is, you'll react to words based on their emotional impact for you personally, but television uses vocal tones and music to choose which emotions hit, and when.

This is definitely important to your answer, but I don't have this whole piece. **It's because words and images are messages, but video is a *simulated experience*.** That's not a mechanistic enough answer for me, but the real answer is right behind it.

Hope this helps.

While i don't disagree nor dislike anything already said here, i think it's much simpler: with tv you passively absorb info, which takes much less effort than actively discerning truth from e.g. multiple print newspapers. And society has been conditioned for generations that what is put on the TV is generally safe to believe.

Because the screen flickers and puts you into a hypnotic state which deactivates the filter in your brain that discerns fact from fiction. This effect heightens when you turn off the lights and watch in a dark room.