Distorting and manipulating public opinion through the media
Thursday, 11 October 2012, 19.00
Pavilon, Sos. Nicolae Titulescu nr.1 (Piata Victoriei), Bucharest, Romania
About our everyday virus, in a humorous manner.
All the press has written about the harmful effects and the distortion of the general point of view… in the press. It is common sense to have knowledge of the horizontality of values and the rude manipulation nowadays, in the sick hunger for sensational. There are literally possibilities for writing anatomical studies upon the spine of those who form the average men’s opinion. The interest fells not on what they actually do, but how they reach the final result.
My proposition for you is neither an academic lecture, nor a tasteless theory, but a journey amongst mass-media’s most attractive sights: a five version news, the tabloid tendency, demystification and the power of nothingness, so-called leaders and anti-leaders, the show of anonymity, the hyper-naturalism and voyeurism of press, men and women’s strategy of manipulating the public point of view. A funny chat about the most important of powers in one’s home: “documented information” and how it modifies us either we like it or not.
Ana-Maria Nistor is Phd. lecturer at the Theatre Faculty of the National University of Theatre and Film “I.L. Caragiale” of Bucharest where she teaches the Universal History of Theatre and a unique discipline in Romania – playwriting and the analysis of the dramatic text. She is theatre critique, playwright, the author of valuable studies, a book upon public – Teatrokratia – and another about The story of the most beautiful plays. She has been collaborator for several newspapers and magazines, Deputy Editor in Chief of two important publications, she wrote TV scripts, theatre adaptations and worked with some of the most important contemporary actors and directors. She coordinated many cultural – amongst others – events, participated in some of the most important theatre festivals and has been a member of numerous juries. Amongst other distinctions, she received the ANOSR Student’s Prize – Bologna Professor – Great Professors who inspire us.
