I was interested in the advertising side of political propaganda, and how people feel a lack of intimacy.
It got brought up that a lack of intimacy can cause intimacy...
Eg. Nazi government ostracises the Jewish people, causing a lack of intimacy and a lack of a feeling of belonging. The Jewish people then band together, casuing intimacy within the outcast group.
We then decided that perhaps that we were interested in alienation as lack of intimacy, and started to make a list about the differences between intimacy and alienation:
Advertising
We then began to talk about advertising, and how we believe what we are told, because it is written word. What do we believe and why? How do they make us believe this?
Trying to advertise, trying to connect with us on a "deeper" level
Because someone tells us, is it true?
What kind of person do we believe? A friend? Our superiors? Our parents? Tutors?
Do published works carry an unspoken guarantee of truth?
What is truth?
Subliminal messages
Advertising tries to portray ideal situations and prey on our emotions; our need to belong, and our deep set insecurities
What is sucessful adverstising? iPod? Why is it successful?
Advertising is an object, or a connection point that tries to create a feeling of intimacy within the viewers.... are we interecting with people? or an object? something disgusing itself? Unknown?
Sorry Jerad, I have forgotten what you had been saying about your definitions etc, could you comment for this post?
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