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> members develop media literacy skills through regular and persistent exposure
Yeah, and we pick up most of our immune competency from environmental
exposure, but we also immunise.
The media imagery also gives stereotypes oxygen (the grotesque 'new lad'
is the primo example) without anyone actually dying, which can be
unpleasant enough, and is usually just skillful memology by adscum. Ask
a few women how they feel about billboard ads (and why). Also, we're
talking about a few people here (that actually do something awful) so
you can't study them easily - broad studies will only tell you about the
normal people who don't go mad with guns (although they do generally get
more aggressive). I would've thought a memefan would see the media as
the premiere source of memes for incorporation, whatever their eventual
fate.
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