i never really understood this entirely. please explain
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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.
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.