A word and a phrase I learnt while I was studying Mass Communication at Ngee Ann Polytechnic:
Groupthink
Groupthink is a term coined by psychologist Irving Janis in 1972 to describe a process by which a group can make bad or irrational decisions. In a groupthink situation, each member of the group attempts to conform his or her opinions to what they believe to be the consensus of the group… (cont’d)
from Wikipedia
False consciousness
False consciousness the Marxist hypothesis that material and institutional processes in capitalist society mislead the proletariat — and perhaps the other classes — over the nature of capitalism.
The concept flows from the theory of commodity fetishism — that people experience social relationships as value relations between things… (cont’d)
from Wikipedia
Elvina
/ Tuesday, 21 March 2006Welcome back! it’s been a while…. :)
And yes, those terms are so familiar. Mass Comm in Ngee Ann only scratched the surface for me. When I took the biz degree in MDIS, it was an entire exam question!
acroamatic
/ Tuesday, 21 March 2006Yes, it has been a while.
Went to Ngee Ann for a meeting yesterday. Hence the post. Although there’s more to this post than meets the eye.
tragedienne
/ Tuesday, 21 March 2006resonating phrases that echo the layered realities.