The Enigma of Tavistock Institute: Secretly Shaping Global Culture and Media?
The Tavistock Institute has been the object of countless theories—a great number of which purport that this research institute has actually orchestrated clandestine cultural and media change throughout the world. Indeed, it was founded in 1947, and Tavistock's stated mission is to apply social science to contemporary problems, but its scope and influence have inspired others to believe that Tavistock plays a far darker role in shaping society. In this article, we are going to take a closer look into most of the intriguing theories and facts associated with the Tavistock Institute.
The Global Media Control
One of the most insidious theories about the Tavistock Institute is that the institution controls the media globally and nationally. The theory goes that through Tavistock, by controlling the frequent use of media for systematic manipulation of sequences of events of news items, subtly controls the public perception about big issues, both political and social. In short, with its keen knowledge of psychology and mass behavior, the Tavistock managed how people viewed wars or political elections by guiding them toward some specific perception of world events.
This theory cites as its basis the extensive research into communication by Tavistock during and following World War II as the reason it has influence in modern media. The alleged aim is uncomplicated: through skillfully contrived media messages, manipulate populations toward specific political and economic agendas.
Fact: Tavistock studied the effects of mass communication on the behavior of the people in general and those in war conditions. However, for the greater part, the effects it has on world media remain speculative.