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To '''dumb down''' is to deprive [[education]] or communications of meaningful content, resulting in students or an audience who are less informed, knowledgeable or capability of [[reasoning]] than their potential.  Often the victims of "dumbing down" are unaware of the effect. Starting with the massive [[television]] exposure of the [[Baby boomer]]s, the Internet - [[video game]] playing of [[Generation X]] and now the [[social media]] [[virtual reality|virtual]] world of the [[Teacup Generation]], [[Postmodernism|modern]] people have been dumbed down more than any other [[generation]].

To '''dumb down''' is to deprive [[education]] or communications of meaningful content, resulting in students or an audience who are less informed, knowledgeable or capability of [[reasoning]] than their potential.  Often the victims of "dumbing down" are unaware of the effect.  

Television, [[reality TV]] and social media are examples of aspects of the [[media]] that dumbs down its audience.

Starting with the massive [[television]] exposure of the [[Baby boomer]]s, the Internet - [[video game]] playing of [[Generation X]] and now the [[social media]] [[reality TV]] world of the [[Teacup Generation]], [[Postmodernism|modern]] people have been dumbed down more than any other [[generation]] resulting in "[[Teacup Generation|teacup tendencies]]". Television, [[reality TV]] and social media are examples of aspects of the [[media]] that dumbs down its audience.

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