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AcademyInfluence and the Cognitive Domain

The Attack Surface Is the Decision Pipeline

This lesson takes 9 minutes.

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Objectives

  • Trace the path from attention to action
  • Explain why influence does not need false information

Video

Media & the Mind. Crash Course · Media Literacy #4. Watch on YouTube (opens in a new tab)

Lesson

Modern influence does not require false information. All of these work on attention before they work on facts:

  • selective disclosure
  • repetition
  • algorithmic amplification
  • emotional activation
  • identity pressure
  • social proof
  • saturation
  • framing
  • source laundering
  • context removal
  • artificial urgency
  • coordinated reinforcement

Rule 1 asks why something reached you: sought, recommended, paid or amplified. Whoever controls the entry controls the tempo.

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