Intellectual Cleansing: Part 3

http://medialens.org/index.php/alerts/alert-archive/2008/556-intellectual-cleansing-part-3.html
Date Written:  2008-10-15
Publisher:  Medialens
Year Published:  2008
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX9528

The tendency to self-deception appears to be greatly increased when we join as part of a group. Groups create a sense of belonging, a "we-feeling", which can provide even greater incentives to reject painful truths.

Subject Headings

• Corporate Media
• Media Analysis & Criticism
• Media Bias
• Propaganda