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    UNIT 9

    MEDIA MANIPULATIVE TECHNIQUES

    Ex. 1. Persuasion and manipulation. Compare the features of the two types of influence on
    people.

    Suggest missing information and fill in the gaps.

    3) The person who got persuaded 2) Intention is negative and


    will change his/her point of view immoral.
    in a positive way without anyone’s 4) Can destroy trust held on
    threats. other person or even website.
    5) More related to noble and
    positive acts.
    Ex.3. The phenomenon of bots and trolls used for manipulation is quite popular nowadays.
    Decide whether the following statements are true or false.

    1. Bots are real anonymous people false

    2. Trolls are real people operating online profiles true

    3. Trolls can be contractors hired to spark discussions  true

    4. Bots are capable only of primitive chatting, while trolls can provide
    true
    complex argumentation 

    5. A botnet is a network of bot accounts managed by different false


    individuals or groups

    6. The goal of a botnet is to make a hashtag, user, or keyword appear


    true
    more talked about than it really is

    Ex.4. Scan the code and read the text “10 Ways the Media Manipulates Our Opinions”.

    Fill in the table with the key concept taken from the texts and appropriate paragraphs.

    Way of Manipulation What it is, key concepts

    Create a diversion It’s a primary element of social conrol which is


    divert public attention from important issues
    and changes determined by the political and
    economic elites, by the technique of flood or
    flooding continuous distractions and
    insignificant information.

    Exaggerate a problem A method of creating a problem, a “situation”


    referred to cause some reaction in the audience,
    so this is the principal of the steps that you
    want to accept.

    Gradual strategy A concept that consists in manipulating people


    through the gradual imposition of new
    socioeconomic conditions ( neoliberalism ).

    Postponing strategy A method of presenting unpopular decision as


    “painful and necessary”,
    gaining public acceptance, at the time for future
    application. . This gives the public more time to
    get used to the idea of change and accept it
    with resignation when the time comes.

    Being very kind Element of social control, in which is used


    speech, argument, people and particularly
    children’s intonation, often close to the
    weakness, as if the viewer were a little child or
    a mentally deficient. The harder one tries to
    deceive the viewer look, the more it tends to
    adopt a tone infantilising

    More emotions, less thinking One of the strategy of manipulation that lies in
    emotional aspect - a classic technique for
    causing a short circuit on rational analysis , and
    finally to the critical sense of the individual.
    Also it is used for opening door to the
    unconscious for implantation or grafting ideas ,
    desires, fears and anxieties , compulsions, or
    induce behaviors.

    Keeping people uninformed A method of manipulation, which lies in


    keeping the public in ignorance and mediocrity
    and thus making them incapable of
    understanding the technologies and methods
    used to control and enslavement.

    Encouraging people to like mediocre products Element of social control, in which is used
    promotion the public to believe that the fact is
    fashionable to be stupid, vulgar and
    uneducated…

    Making people feel guilty A method of letting individual blame for their
    misfortune, because of the failure of their
    intelligence, their abilities, or their efforts. So,
    instead of rebelling against the economic
    system, the individual autodesvalida and guilt,
    which creates a depression, one of whose
    effects is to inhibit its action

    Knowing more about people than they know A strong feature of manipulation which exerts
    about themselves greater control and great power over
    individuals, greater than that of individuals
    about themselves due to the “system” of
    accelerated science, which enjoys a
    sophisticated understanding of human beings,
    both physically and psychologically.

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