In both Brave New World by Aldous Huxley and in the real world, media "conditions" people on what to think, do, or, even, say.
Brave New World conditions its people, as we said before, to be happy doing what they are needed to do for the society in order for the society to function properly. For example, hypnopedia, which is the repeating of things so that the people of the society memorize them even if they don't know what they mean, music, which is played is synthesized, meaning that it's, essentially, mechanical, and the games they play, which, most, involve sex and none allow privacy all condition the people in the society to believe what the creators of the society thing they should believe.
In the real world, media, new reports, articles, video games, movies, music, and more, has the purpose to affect or condition people. For example, because of the 9-11 incident caused by the Islamic extremist, we tend to perceive all Islams as terrorist. The news media blew the incident out of portion, that is, as far as all Islams being terrorist. Even, security in airports began to tighten up. People, who dressed like Islams, were frequently checked at airports after the incident. The general public became fearful if they had to fly with Islams. Though I had trouble finding video showing the new hostility for Islams after 9-11, I found a video in which Islams attempt to defend themselves.
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It is definitely unjust to judge a whole group on what some individuals did. However, the media did not blow the scene out of proportion. The fact is: claimed Islamss bombed our country. In result they killed many and injured so many more. They left families unstable and truly dug a knife deep into the country. Of course true Islams don't accept those terrorist acts into their culture and they even reprimand their own people for claiming to be a part of Islam and yet acting in an inappropriate manner. But after such a crime is commited we are going to want to blame someone and hate them. While this doesn't justify our actions against all Islam people, it speaks in behalf of the way our subconscious mind thinks: those people bombed us and therefore we should try to protect ourselves against them. And yes the media manipulates things, but it isn't racist. They played the scenes of the horrific attack. Then it is up to each individual if they decide to blame a whole religion for the acts of violence of some individuals. I for don't. And it's because I chose. The media played the facts and then gave me the choice to see them my own way. Do you think the media is really this corrupt?
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