Manufactured Reality and the Attention Economy

Your entire reality is just a carefully curated hallucination built by media giants. Communication science

proves that everything you see, from memes to the news, is actually a massive

power struggle for your attention. Back in the day, researchers thought media was like a

hypodermic needle, injecting ideas straight into your passive brain. Now we know it’s

way more complex. You think you’re freely scrolling, but concepts like "agenda setting"

show that media doesn't tell you what to think, but exactly what to think about.

You aren't just a user; you are the product being sold to the highest bidder.