An extremely poor choice of words, but the idea of using the media to steer people isn't in of itself a particularly bad one. Especially given that it's being aimed at gun crime. It wasn't so long ago that people were complaining about all the glorification of gangsta culture. Perhaps this could be used to counteract some of the effect of such programming...
Will it work? Well it worked with cigarettes as was pointed out. Will it work with guns? Maybe.
No doubt the term 'brainwash' is a bad phrasing. Most people think of brainwashing as getting rid of good thoughts and inserting bad one's. Such as cults may use. Overall the presentation was good.An extremely poor choice of words, but the idea of using the media to steer people isn't in of itself a particularly bad one. Especially given that it's being aimed at gun crime. It wasn't so long ago that people were complaining about all the glorification of gangsta culture. Perhaps this could be used to counteract some of the effect of such programming...
Will it work? Well it worked with cigarettes as was pointed out. Will it work with guns? Maybe.