In the era of omnipresent infiltration of mass media, public opinion is facing the challenge of remaining independent. People's perceptions and ideas are constantly subjected to the influences of commercials blaring from TVs and radios, sensational headlines in the newspaper jockeying for attention and pop-up advertisements on the Internet.
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, Hillary Clinton employed the same strategy to influence, if not to brainwash, voters.
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is the invasive power of mass media, which messes up your brain through relentless repetition and insidious implication. You may think you are the master of your own mind. But truth be told, you are not. You are merely one of a myriad who is in thrall to the sway of their own TV.Linking Words
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