The most favorable moment to seize a man and influence him is when he is alone in the mass; it is at this point that propaganda can be most effective. This is the situation of the 'lonely crowd' or of isolation in the mass, which is a natural product of modern-day society and which is both used and deepened by the mass media.
From Jacques Ellul, French philosopher and sociologist
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