Chilton Chapter 1 and 2

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To answer your question of why people cannot detect
politicians' lies or government's, I want to question what
kinds of views the people are exposed to. I think that
many people cannot access the fact that a mechanism that
prevents them from knowing the facts is still operative.
Probably in many countries, including the U.S., if
journalists ask tough questions to politicians, they will
be put on the black list and will be marginalized.
Therefore, they cannot ask tough questions.

In Japan, some journalists in mainstream newspapers who
found that their scoop would not be publishable in their
media used to visit the editor of "Uwasa no Shinsoo"
(Truth about Rumors) and asked him to publish it in his
magazine. However, "Uwasa no Shinsoo" was obliged to
suspend its publicatioin in Apri this year.

To make "people notice politicians' government's, I think
that works like Ruth Wodak's that compare the facts and
the reports are essential.


--- Linnea Micciulla <polyglot at BU.EDU> からのメッセージ
：
> Maybe we can say that all people rely on the CP, but
> not all to the same
> extent.  So some people are more likely to be
> suspicious, others more
> likely to be trusting. Some people's lie detectors
> are more sensitive than
> others'.
>
> Your question about why people can't detect
> government propaganda is one
> that I find personally fascinating.  This probably
> has both individual and
> cultural components; in some cultures gov'ts are
> considered more
> trustworthy than in others.  What is particularly
> interesting is how people
> don't seem to *want* to determine whether their
> government is being
> truthful. Even when presented with a large amount of
> verified information,
> they simply prefer not to think about it.  Perhaps
> this has to do with the
> amount of identification one feels with one's
> government; if a person has
> become convinced that their government acts in their
> interests, then to
> criticize the government is to criticize oneself.
>
> I'd like to hear more about Game Theory... not
> something I know much about!
>
> Linnea
>
> On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 10:48:05 -0400, Eunju Bang
> <ejbang at BU.EDU> wrote:
>
> >
> >My question for the Ch. 1 and 2 is: if this
> meta-representation is
> something
> >all humans share, how can we explain that some
> people are more gullible
> than
> >others? Furthermore, how can't people detect
> politicians' lies or
> government's
> >propaganda?
> >
> >Have a good weekend,
> >
> >Eunju

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