These Are the Tricks Political Campaign Ads Use to Brainwash Us

[FLPanhandle]

http://sploid.gizmodo.com/these-are-the-tricks-political-campaign-ads-use-to-brai-1782461726



Vote for whoever the hell you want to vote for. But don’t make your decision after watching an emotionally prying, stupid-person-targeting, specifically edited campaign ad. Now You See It explains how all political ads, no matter which side they’re on, use the same methods to trick voters into believing the worst in the opposing candidates (or the best in their own candidate). It’s the same trick used in film: the montage.

Quick cuts make people emotionally associate terror with candidates. Fuzzy footage or smaller images purposefully make the candidates look bad. Seamless editing makes others appear presidential. It’s all the same formula and everyone uses it.

-------------------------------------------------

Always interesting to look for these tricks when you know about them.

[Nye Bevan]

1. It takes more than somber music, black-and-white footage, and unflattering still photos,

to make me dislike a candidate that I am planning to vote for.