Propganda Model and Connor Mumford

"A Propaganda Model"

What does mainstream media to do us from a young age? My brother visited this weekend and it was nice to see him. He was able to hang out with older people and my hope was that they would rub off on him. I had a couple of my teammates talk to him about himself and his life. One of my teammates is from a bad area in Miami, another is from Brooklyn, and one of my teammates has a dad in a drug unit. I just want my brother to hear these things from other people that are not his parents or brother.

While he was here, he really got me thinking about how mainstream media and advertising has affected him and the youth in this country. As a family we were walking down park avenue on Friday morning, my brother would pass every "nice" car or motorcycle pointing out the name saying "Ohh snap that is so niceeee." I begin to think why did I not care about what car I was going to get when I got older? I would ask my brother what is so nice about that Mercedes or Ducati? He would give the answer that Capitalism would want people to say. An answer that has no meaning except for "it is nice and the best." I asked my brother "why is that motorcycle or car nicer than that one?" He couldn't really answer except for luxury and comfort. I was just sitting back this weekend and realizing how engulfed my brother is in Capitalism. Capitalism attacks people like my brother starting at a young age.

Big Mergers have helped to affect my brother, actually everybody in America. As big mergers become more popular it only begins to become fewer people at the top. When there are fewer people at the top then fewer ideologies will be spread making it seem like there is only one way to live. Who are the people who check these people on "the top." It is scary to think that through media, advertising, and movies there is a narrowing gap making the top thinner. People like my brother don't realize this, so he is more acceptable to media affecting him. How do I get my brother to understand how is ideologies and views have been formed by media and movies? Unless my ideology of not thinking this way is wrong and we should give in to media and propaganda. haha