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THE EFFECT OF ADS INJECTED INTO SERIOUS ARTICLES ON SOCIAL MEDIA

8/17/2018

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I am curious what happens in the long run with young people used to reading articles about human suffering and horrors with half page ads sprawled along the pages touting sex and material goods. Visual statements always have a stronger impact on our brains than words. The ads stop us from having emotions about what we are reading, they interfere with our ability to digest the words and have a reaction. In other words the ads block our emotions to the article!

What do you think will happen to our young people overtime? They will either stop reading the articles so as to not get frustrated or become immune to their feelings. I think this is a big factor in why our society is as apathetic as it is to the suffering of others, to homelessness, to illness, to abuse...especially among our millennials. They prefer instagram to FB now because there is nothing to read there, just fun photos...it is not just a ploy to avoid seeing the suffering of the world but a way to save their humanity.
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In the past we read books or newspaper held in our hands and had time to ponder what we were reading, digest it, have an opinion. Put it down and pick it up again, immerse ourselves in the thoughts. Not anymore!
The internet is a tool of Capitalism only now, it has killed our compassion and humanity and brains. Intellectualism is dead. And will totally disappear if people like Doug Ford and Trump have their way.
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Magill Railton
11/11/2019 03:59:50 am

I love your thoughts...just started drawing 9 months ago...my youngest son (10) wanted to make a YouTube video on drawing with mom..that’s how I started drawing at 39 years old. I’m adopted (at 3months) and my mom is an artist. Never met my biological mother. She passed away over 10 years ago.. I just recently drew a portrait of my mom and my dad. You can see my drawings on Instagram #magillrailtonart @giggs_

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Jennifer McDermott link
5/14/2021 07:56:11 pm

I don't necessarily agree with all your conclusions, but I think you're right about the desensitizing effect of ads, ads, ads, everywhere all the time. Sometimes they're like a bucket of cold water being thrown on us when we're still processing the emotions of empathy, sorrow, or anger a news story or other story has on us.

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