I work in the center of Vienna, Austia. There are three new vogues of news distribution that I have observed in the last year or years.
* From subway to work I could receive about 5 daily newspapers FREE OF COST. The papers are not only offered in a passive way, sometimes you have to do some side steps to navigate around. Newspapers are offered by persons every 100 meteres or so. In subway stations there lie around tons and tons of free newspapers. They are specially designed for all people from teens to seniors. There is EVERYTHING in it: top world headlines, domestic policy, death and abuse stories (black outlined of course), colourful pictures of vulcans, animals, weather, tv, movies, stars, gossip, erotic. All what a average person wants to read at morning. And how they want it!!! This is no joke: 3 out of 5 persons hide behind the papers in the subway. You have to visualize this. It is incredibly SILENT - no conversation.
* Additionally, there are news screens on the subway platforms: animated top news, advertising, new hypes and so on. Go there and look at the crowd: They position themselves in semi-circles around the screens, watching motionless, emotionless. I am from a rural community. When I first saw this I thought: Lemmings. It scared me. It depressed me. However, in recent days, when work was hard and my thoughts and emotions are dazed, I can understand. It is a pleasure looking on moving images, thereby relaxing.
* Our national TV launched a short news show 'News Flash' in between movies, sports, in between everything.
Free papers everywhere, advertising everywhere, News everywhere. And that very frequently.
Distribution of news has greatly intensified in a relatively short period. It is no longer in a passive way. It is very active, pushing. It takes energy to navigate between the news. It needs agility and strength to be not affected by the hypes.
If one extrapolates the trends of news distribution, it will probably not last long until you get your daily news on the toilet paper. This is only marginally humorous. It is a confirmed fact when you look at the hundrets of disposed newspapers in the garbage cans or on the ground. Used only a few minutes, if not seconds. Who would even touch a newspaper of yesterday?
It shows us what this brainwashing is worth.
* From subway to work I could receive about 5 daily newspapers FREE OF COST. The papers are not only offered in a passive way, sometimes you have to do some side steps to navigate around. Newspapers are offered by persons every 100 meteres or so. In subway stations there lie around tons and tons of free newspapers. They are specially designed for all people from teens to seniors. There is EVERYTHING in it: top world headlines, domestic policy, death and abuse stories (black outlined of course), colourful pictures of vulcans, animals, weather, tv, movies, stars, gossip, erotic. All what a average person wants to read at morning. And how they want it!!! This is no joke: 3 out of 5 persons hide behind the papers in the subway. You have to visualize this. It is incredibly SILENT - no conversation.
* Additionally, there are news screens on the subway platforms: animated top news, advertising, new hypes and so on. Go there and look at the crowd: They position themselves in semi-circles around the screens, watching motionless, emotionless. I am from a rural community. When I first saw this I thought: Lemmings. It scared me. It depressed me. However, in recent days, when work was hard and my thoughts and emotions are dazed, I can understand. It is a pleasure looking on moving images, thereby relaxing.
* Our national TV launched a short news show 'News Flash' in between movies, sports, in between everything.
Free papers everywhere, advertising everywhere, News everywhere. And that very frequently.
Distribution of news has greatly intensified in a relatively short period. It is no longer in a passive way. It is very active, pushing. It takes energy to navigate between the news. It needs agility and strength to be not affected by the hypes.
If one extrapolates the trends of news distribution, it will probably not last long until you get your daily news on the toilet paper. This is only marginally humorous. It is a confirmed fact when you look at the hundrets of disposed newspapers in the garbage cans or on the ground. Used only a few minutes, if not seconds. Who would even touch a newspaper of yesterday?
It shows us what this brainwashing is worth.