$1 billion is spent globally every day on advertising. News is manufactured as well. Computers change the way we think. Caught between TV and computers, our children are raised to be Droids.
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John Stauber, Jane Healey, & Chett Bowers Who produces the news that we read or hear? John Stauber says that on every important issue the PR industry is working behind the scenes. One of these PR firms, Burston Marsteller, says the goal of communication is to manage perceptions which motivate behaviors that create business results.
Bowers explains how the technology of the computer and its interaction with us profoundly and inherently alters how we think. It suppresses certain aspects of our humanity and reduces our ability to understand nature or native cultures. John Stauber: Center for Media and Democracy
Jane Healey warns against believing the myth that the computer is just a tool. Used in school, it can change a child's brain and ability to think, communicate, and innovate. We are in danger of raising a generation of 'droids who don't know how to think for themselves.
Jane Healey: Author, Endangered Minds Chet Bowers: Author, Let Them Eat Data
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