the worst take to ever come out of social media is âfiction does not equal realityâ, when. the Jaws Effect is literally right there and proves just how much of an impact media truly has on peopleâs psyche
Jaws Effect: *had real life negative effects on the shark population as a whole cause Jaws made people afraid of them even though they kill so very few people*
Fandom moms who think antis are real: distinguish from reality and fiction, sweetie! it doesnât hurt anyone!
Instances of fiction affecting reality:
Antisemetic propaganda in the form of childrenâs books in the lead up to the holocaust that directly impacted and shaped peopleâs opinions of Jews and got actual real life people killed
Comic books since the dawn of comic books, particularly the Captain America comics, which were created to draw attention to the plight Jewish people were facing in Germany and which are credited with having had a major influence on convincing the US to join the Allies in the world war
The documented âHarry Potter effect,â which has influenced an entire generation of people in how we think and what weâre likely to accept/not accept
These are just examples off the top of my head that I thought of in a second while dealing with a headache, tiredness and hunger pains. There are countless more examples.
âFiction doesnât effect realityâ fiction has literally been used as a deliberate tool to shape public opinion, behaviour, and perceptions since fiction was invented.
fiction is so deeply impactful, like, the ways of looking we internalise unconsciously thru classical narrative (mainly hollywood) cinema actually work to keep the patriarchy in power

























