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21.11.05

Vild med Dans = Propaganda?

Propaganda er ifølge mange teoretikere ikke kun budskaber på plakater og i ophidsede taler, det er en samfundsmekanisme. Canadieren Stanley Cunningham refererer den amerikanske historiker Daniel Boorstin når han skriver:

Our unwitting appetite for illusion and deceptions, in turn, is whetted by our own "extravagant expectations" both "of what the world holds," and "of our power to shape the world". Trying to gratify the expectation is yet another form of illusion which merely reinforces the pathology itself. The result, according to Boorstin, is a conscious universe populated by pseudo-events - contrived media happenings arranged for the convenience and profit of the media themselves in which questions of reality, authenticity, and truthfulness are eclipsed by the problematic values of newsworthiness and the public's attention. This hunger for pseudo-events is linked to our progressive addiction to images.

Jeg kunne ikke lade være med at tænke på TV2s Vild med Dans og den perlerække af historier som det program har affødt i de danske medier, specielt BT. Nu ved jeg hvad jeg skal råbe helt rød i hovedet nede i Netto næste gang der er en forside med David Owe: "Pseudo-begivenhed! Propaganda! Lad os så få noget politik!"

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