| Description |
1 videodisc (DVD) (30 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in |
| Series |
George Gerbner on media and culture |
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George Gerbner on media and culture.
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| Contents |
57 channels & nothing on -- Who will control the 500 channels? -- Global expansion -- Public funded television: an alternative -- Taxation without representation: the commercial funding of TV -- The V-chip: the fox guarding the chicken coop -- Democracy in a media age -- Don't agonize: organize |
| Summary |
Dr. George Gerbner delivers a stinging indictment of the way the information superhighway is being constructed. He shows the ineffectual nature of our present responses to the urgent crisis of the media. He urges the citizens of the world to struggle for democratic principles in the cultural environment |
| Notes |
Previously released on videocassette in 1997 |
| Credits |
Editors, Sut Jhally, Sanjay Talreja, Kim Neumann ; camera, Michael Perlman, Chris Emmanoulides, David Rabinovitz |
| Performer |
Presenters: George Gerbner, Michael Morgan |
| Notes |
DVD |
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No rating given |
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Available for Deakin University staff and students only |
| Subject |
Television -- Social aspects.
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Mass media and culture -- United States.
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Capitalism and mass media.
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Television broadcasting -- Ownership.
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Broadcasting policy -- United States.
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| Genre/Form |
Video recordings.
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| Author |
Jhally, Sut, producer, director
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Gerbner, George.
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Morgan, Michael, 1953 April 15-
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Media Education Foundation.
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| ISBN |
1893521435 |
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9781893521438 |
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