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Groupthink

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)

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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)

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  1. Welcome 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!

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  2. Yes, 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.

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  3. resonating phrases that echo the layered realities.

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