| Description |
1 videodisc (DVD) (30 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in |
| Contents |
Part 1. Media ownership -- Part 2. Journalism and democracy |
| Summary |
Summary: Demonstrates how journalism has been compromised by the corporate bosses of conglomerates such as Disney, Viacom and AOL Time Warner to produce a system of news that is high on sensationalism and low on information. They suggest that unless citizen activism can reclaim the commons, this new corporate system will be characterized by a rich media and an ever impoverished poor democracy |
| Notes |
Demonstrates how journalism has been compromised by the corporate bosses of conglomerates such as Disney, Viacom and AOL Time Warner to produce a system of news that is high on sensationalism and low on information. They suggest that unless citizen activism can reclaim the commons, this new corporate system will be characterized by a rich media and an ever impoverished poor democracy |
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Special features: Myth of the liberal media -- The fox guarding the henhouse -- A classic case of corporate journalism -- This ad was paid for by -- Hands off my mouse -- There are alternatives |
| Credits |
Producers, Loretta Alper, Margo Robb |
| Notes |
DVD no region indicated |
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English; Sound tracks in English with subtitles in English or Spanish |
| Subject |
Mass media -- Political aspects -- United States.
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Mass media -- Ownership -- United States.
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Mass media -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Democracy -- United States.
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| Genre/Form |
Video recordings.
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| Author |
Alper, Loretta.
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Robb, Margo.
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McChesney, Robert Waterman, 1952-
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Miller, Mark Crispin.
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Media Education Foundation.
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| ISBN |
1893521826 |
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