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== Misinformation as Kayfabe == | == Misinformation as Kayfabe == | ||
The production methods for reality TV and professional wrestling have become the inspiration for modern [[political]] messaging and fandom. [[wikipedia:Kayfabe|Kayfabe]] is the professional wrestling term for the way scripted events are portrayed as "real life," with a willing suspension of disbelief by the audience. [[Political]] analysts have drawn some undeniable parallels between kayfabe and the way that modern [[information bubble]] and team sports based [[politics]]. [https://josie.zone/welcome-to-neokayfabe][https://www.wortfm.org/the-neo-kayfabe-of-pro-wrestling-and-the-rnc-with-journalist-josephine-riesman/][https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/how-much-does-pro-wrestling-matter] | The production methods for reality TV and professional wrestling have become the inspiration for modern [[political]] messaging and fandom. [[wikipedia:Kayfabe|Kayfabe]] is the professional wrestling term for the way scripted events are portrayed as "real life," with a willing suspension of disbelief by the audience. [[Political]] analysts have drawn some undeniable parallels between kayfabe and the way that modern [[information bubble]] and team sports based [[politics]]. [https://josie.zone/welcome-to-neokayfabe][https://www.wortfm.org/the-neo-kayfabe-of-pro-wrestling-and-the-rnc-with-journalist-josephine-riesman/][https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/how-much-does-pro-wrestling-matter][https://open.spotify.com/episode/4XeyBLxZsbED2erDbPdjXS] | ||
== Recognizing and Stopping Misinformation == | == Recognizing and Stopping Misinformation == | ||
Revision as of 20:29, 23 December 2024
The spreading of misinformation on social media has had a corrosive effect on our trust in institutions.
Unless you want to eliminate freedom of speech, there is no way to use the legal system to prevent misinformation spreading. The only way to counter its influence is to make it taboo.
While misinformation is consistently called out by the political opposition, it is often embraced by the side that it favors due to in-group bias. This needs to be taboo in modern culture, so that anyone who uses misinformation, or even suggests its use, becomes persona non grata to their now-former in-group, and cannot immediately find another home and income stream by joining the opposition.
Propaganda often takes the form of misinformation, but it can also contain true information that promotes a specific ideology. It is usually state-sponsored, but billionaire-sponsored capitalist propaganda has been become increasingly prevalent in recent years.
"A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." -Mark Twain
See Misinformation, Propaganda, and Propaganda Techniques on Wikipedia.
Misinformation as Kayfabe
The production methods for reality TV and professional wrestling have become the inspiration for modern political messaging and fandom. Kayfabe is the professional wrestling term for the way scripted events are portrayed as "real life," with a willing suspension of disbelief by the audience. Political analysts have drawn some undeniable parallels between kayfabe and the way that modern information bubble and team sports based politics. [1][2][3][4]