"PROGRAMMING THE NATION?" Official Theatrical Trailer 2011

Are we all brainwashed? Or, have we lost our minds? Director, Jeff Warrick, leads this journey through the subconscious mind while exploring the alleged usage of subliminals in advertising, music, film, television, anti-theft devices, political propaganda, military psychological operations, and advanced weapons development, and determine if such tactics have succeeded in "PROGRAMMING THE NATION?"

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[saveusmilkboy]

ok, the difference between subliminal messaging and priming... seems to escape the authors of this documentary. look up the difference, i urge you! the predicted effects of subliminal messaging and imagery have never been successfully replicated in a laboratory experiment. Priming on the other hand is standard experimental methodology. And the advertising industry uses it to their advantage. So what? Priming has a limited influence on decision making. you're fine, americans. no worse than usual.

[IgniteTheMind]

@saveusmilkboy - I understand the difference between priming and subliminal messaging. My point was that priming techniques often operate "below the threshold of consciousness" for those who don't recognize them for what they are.

[IgniteTheMind]

@saveusmilkboy - Here are some studies that HAVE successfully shown the effects of subliminal messaging. You look them up!

[IgniteTheMind]

@IgniteTheMind

Kilbourne, Painton, and Ridley, The Unconscious Perception of Embeds," Journal of Advertising; 1985

Bernat, Bunce, and Shevrin

Event-related brain potentials differentiate positive and negative mood adjectives during both supraliminal and subliminal visual processing.

International journal of psychophysiology : official journal of the International Organization of Psychophysiology 2001;42(1):11-34.

[IgniteTheMind]

@IgniteTheMind

Belinda J Liddell; Leanne M Williams; Jennifer Rathjen; Howard Shevrin; Evian Gordon

A temporal dissociation of subliminal versus supraliminal fear perception: an event-related potential study.

Journal of cognitive neuroscience 2004;16(3):479-86.

[IgniteTheMind]

@larthantos - I guess to answer those questions, you just have to see the documentary, which explains everything. Not by me, (the filmmaker), mind you. But, rather by experts, authors and researchers on the subject. The fact that you don't understand how subliminal programming works on the subconscious, or that you choose to laugh it off, is no protection and doesn't mean it isn't working on you.

[larthantos]

Lol wtf? What good are those subliminal messages they showed? A skull in a glass of alcohol? Are you saying your product kills? Then why would I buy it? A man in a camel? What does that even mean? What message is that conveying? A secret "do it" in a song? Do WHAT? A penis on a cigarette ad? So cigarettes get you dick? I don't want dick. Also, the secret "drink coca cola" ad? I don't like coke. So you can flash that all you want, I ain't drinking coke.

[lifeInAFallenWorld22]

Great documentary. Needs to be a t-shirt for the movie!!

[therocknrollakid]

Yeah gonna see this one :)

[saveusmilkboy]

@IgniteTheMind will look up, thank you. however, to my knowledge, while subliminal messaging may influence the emotional state, it does not significantly influence decision making. that was my point. so flashes of uneasy pictures will make you uneasy, which will make you more susceptible to priming, which does influence your decision making and attitudes. but the over-all effect is weak, and it cancels itself out when you are aware of it. priming to fear is the real problem...

[bryphi77]

I do think that 99% of the population is brainwashed and will never even know it, but not by the method that this vid leads you to beleive.

[IgniteTheMind]

@mastashaker916 The Judas Priest Trial is a landmark court case as part of the history of subliminal messaging because it was the first, (and only), time a rock band was not awarded 1st Amendment protection in a wrongful death suit. Similar lawsuits claiming rock music caused damage, (such as Ozzy's "Suicide Solution" case), have been throw out of court because lyrics are protected as free expression. The judge in this case concluded that subliminal messages are not protected as free speech.

[mastashaker916]

@mastashaker916

Any let me say, this doc looks to contain some good information and people, but to include the Judas Priest case is completely irresponsible.