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In this eloquent and persuasive book, Neil Postman examines the deep and broad effects of television culture on the manner in which we conduct our public affairs, and how "entertainment values" have corrupted the very way we think. As politics, news, religion, education, and commerce are given less and less expression in the form of the printed word, they are rapidly being reshaped to suit the requirements of television. And because television is...
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English
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"You can fake authenticity. But in this digitally saturated age, your customers will see through any misdirection. As we are constantly on our electronic devices, we have come to distrust curated media and traditional PR. People now want to make their own decisions based on raw footage, real-time updates, and unfiltered live streams. How then, do marketing executives and others gain consumer trust? This book explores a comprehensive five-step process...
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Media Education Foundation
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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If you've seen Top Gun or Transformers, you may have wondered: Does all of that military machinery on screen come with strings attached? Does the military actually get a crack at the script? Theaters of War digs deep into a vast new trove of recently released internal government documents to bring the answers to these questions into sharp focus. Traveling across America, filmmaker and media scholar Roger Stahl engages an array of other researchers,...
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Publisher
SeaStar Books
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 4
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English
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Discusses how such problems as terrorism, child abuse, natural disasters, violence in sports, and hate crimes are reported in the media and some things that individuals can do to address these problems.
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Starz Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
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English
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There is no greater documentary filmmaking icon than Michael Moore, but are his films really the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? At what point is manipulation of fact, a work of fiction? A look at the most controversial director today.
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S. hrg volume 108-993
Publisher
U.S. Government Publishing Office
Pub. Date
2016.
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English