Problem
Psychological pollution by mass media
Other Names:
Media addictionMedia brainwashing
Nature:
The development of mass media and public information techniques has increased the amount of information directed at the individual to the point at which he can no longer continue to absorb it. The information which is not absorbed is not harmless because it helps to neutralize the thinking of the individual, leading to indifference through familiarity. The overabundance and sensationalization of information disturbs the psyche, hinders the individual in distinguishing between real and unreal, true and false, and useful and useless. The critical faculty is eroded and the culture is distorted.
Broader Problems:
Mental pollutionGeneral obstacles to problem alleviation Narrower Problems:
Dependence on popular idolsHabituation to unpleasant newsParochial escapist media entertainment Aggravates:
Unconscious biasMedia illiteracySocial underdevelopmentInadequacy of psychiatryExploitation of cultural valuesPsychological environment degradationFamily adaptation of community status quo Reduced By:
Restrictions on freedom of informationStrategies:
Improving media image of developing countriesBrainwashingMonitoring psychological pollution by mass mediaTreating addiction Subject(s):
Communication → IndoctrinationCommunication → Media
Psychology → Psychology
Societal Problems → Addiction, drug abuse
Societal Problems → Pollution
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
D: Detailed problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST