Critical Media Theory

see also: Marshall McLuhan, Canadian teacher.  Neil Postman, USA teacher.

"The dumbing down of American is most evident in the slow decay of substantive content in the enormously influential media, the 30 second sound bites (now down to 10 seconds or less), lowest common denominator programming, credulous presentations on pseudoscience and superstition, but especially a kind of celebration of ignorance" ― Carl Sagan, 1995, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

Ponder on the WWW: how does that 1995 quote relate to Twitter and  Trump?

September 9, 2014.... At the NATO summit in Wales last week, General Philip Breedlove, the military alliance’s top commander, made a bold declaration. Russia, he said, is waging “the most amazing information warfare blitzkrieg we have ever seen in the history of information warfare.”

Highlights of Critical Media Theory, criticism of media systems usage:

1. Hate Elvis! Hate Trump! Death Cults media cults, content cults, attracted to death, attraction to hate

2. Toxic Peers Toxic popularity, trending deeper into toxic ideas. Cheering on toxic choices as entertainment

3. Truth Social Reflection Pool 

4. USA Wilding Media Ecology Lessons 

5. Silhouette Void the darkness of Bluesky app Reddit app users who avoid serious books printed on paper from Doctor Bandy X. Lee since year 2017