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June 10, 2010 Mind Over Mass Media By STEVEN PINKER Truro, Mass. NEW forms of media have always caused moral panics: the printing press, newspapers, paperbacks and television were all once denounced as threats to their consumers’ brainpower and moral fiber. So too with electronic technologies.
Critics of new media sometimes use science itself to press their case, citing research that shows how “experience can change the brain.” But cognitive neuroscientists rol l their
Mind Over Mass Media By STEVEN PINKER Truro, Mass. NEW forms of media have always caused moral panics: the printing press, newspapers, paperbacks and television were all once denounced as threats to their consumers’ brainpower and moral fiber. So too with electronic technologies. PowerPoint, we’re told, is reducing discourse to bullet points.
Steven Pinker argues in his article "Mind over Mass Media" that contrary to popular arguments that electronic media and technology are harmful to intelligence, discoveries in fields like science continue to grow exponentially and other intellectual disciplines are thriving in the digital age.
Mass media performs functions of great social and individual utility, but can also cause unpleasant side effects. How does our mood change after reading a newspaper? What emotions arouse in us some TV programs and how, then, is our sleep?
Lesson plans to accompany Mind Over Media: Analyzing Contemporary Propaganda (www.mindovermedia.tv), a user-generated content website for examining contemporary propaganda in all its forms. Why do some online video advertisements go viral while others remain unnoticed? What kind of video content keeps the viewer interested and motivated to share?
Mind Over Mass Media - Praising Effects of Tech on Brain - Free download as PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read online for free. The effects that technology has on people. Is technology really that bad?
