How information becomes manipulation

Hi everyone ! 
A few years ago I read Michel Lacroix's book "Le culte de l'émotion". It made me realize that today's world generates strong emotions : In sport, video games, advertising, information, social networks etc.  Anything is good to give us an adrenaline rush. If I want to think, I have to turn off the television, close the newspaper and focus on my own thinking.
 The way information is produced and disseminated is very important. Some people will access information directly from a Leaflet or a website but others will gain Knowledge through word of mouth or through interaction with a variety of intermediairies. Information should be accurate of course because lies are useless and people are fed up with fake news. Anyway I find it crucial that everyone could question themselves and develop their own critical thinking skills outside any emotional context which manipulates them.  Is it the key to democracy ?
what do you think ?

Hi MurielB i've read your post about critical thinking in th 21 st century.
It's true that the more technologie grows the more it's difficult to focus in a thinking process.
But, as human, known as an incredibly emotional being,is it possible to prevent oneself to avoid emotion ?

Hello Kenzo
For me it has nothing to do with technology. I meant that the information is always directed to our emotions and not to our intelligence. as a way of manipulating us. For me it is important
"to follow my heart but always have my brain with me" otherwise it is a catastrophe.

Kenzo a écrit:is it possible to prevent oneself to avoid emotion ?

I would say=>is it possible to prevent oneself from avoiding emotion ?
https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/prevent+from+doing

prevent from doing

prevent someone from doing something

to keep someone from doing something. You can't prevent me from doing it! We must try to prevent her from going back there.

Thank you for the correction.
Do you follow jean creve coeur ?

Who is jean crève coeur ?

How information becomes manipulation
https://www.economist.com/prospero/2020/03/31/the-power-of-newspaper-cartoons-during-a-public-health-crisis

newspaper cartoons during a public health crisis are very powerful.  They reflect the current mood, for good and for ill

In cartoons, often ridiculed public characters can surprise, make us laugh or irritate us. However, little by little, our unconscious becomes impregnated with these drawings that manipulate us and prevent us from thinking and forming our own opinion.
Here is an example during the Second World War This kind of manipulation has led to the utter horror : The concentration camps

Hi everyone
Laughing is good, and we should laugh as soon as we can.  However, cartoons make fun without giving solutions to problems.  Freedom of expression is important but we must be aware that cartoons can stigmatize individuals, groups and as shown in the video above become a terrible weapon of destruction.

https://www.google.fr/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2020/09/28/health/psychology-conspiracy-theories.amp.html

In a new study, psychologists tried to get a handle on the personality types that might be prone to outlandish beliefs.

This article is  from the New york times. It deals with the belief that the “official story” is in fact a Big Lie, being told by powerful, shadowy interests.
The only trick is to make the buzz of conspiracy theory. In light of that fact, don't get into the tramp,  don't swallow nonsense. In short, have a good laugh. Trump is not re-elected and the martians have not landed

The pandemic has made us anxious, destabilised. We are ready to believe that a conspiracy is brewing around us. What can we do to regain our inner peace? What can we do to look at the world calmly? What can we do to analyse what is happening around us without being driven by our emotions?

Can we escape from information overload? – Periódico Página100 – Noticias de popayán y el Cauca (pagina100.com)

A study in 2011 found that on a typical day Americans were taking in five times as much information as they had done 25 years earlier – and this was before most people had bought smartphones. In 2019 a study by academics in Germany, Ireland and Denmark identified that humans’ attention span is shrinking, probably because of digital intrusion, but was manifesting itself both “online and offline”.

7h5hrs is the average time per day we spend on media consumption. This includes streaming content, checking news, bulletins and using social media. unfortuunatly an academic study identified that humans' attention is shrinking.  Attention is needed in almost all our daily tasks. It allows us to concentrate on the work in hand, to integrate data, to understand information, whether oral or written, and to express thoughts. The British artist who decided to spend a month in complete darkness may have had a good idea