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Author
Series
Publisher
Seven Stories Press
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
"Chomsky's backpocket classic on wartime propaganda and opinion control has been updated and expanded into a two-section book, and redesigned following the acclaimed format of his Open Media anti-war bestseller, 9-11. The new edition of Media Control also includes 'The Journalist from Mars, ' Chomsky's 2002 talk on the media coverage of America's 'new war on terrorism.' Chomsky begins by asserting two models of democracy -- one in which the public...
85) Mass media
Series
Publisher
Greenhaven Press
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
A compendium of viewpoints--both pro and con--on several issues relating to the role and regulation of media in American society.
Publisher
McFarland
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
"The contributors examine historical and contemporary examples that reflect the role of the media or mass communication or both during wartime. The essays highlight the centrality of communication to the perpetuation and to the resolution of war, suggesting that the symbiotic relationship between communication and war is as important to understand as war itself"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
As Wu's sweeping history shows, each of the new media of the twentieth century- radio, telephone, television, and film- was born free and open. Each invited unrestricted use and enterprising experiment until some would-be mogul battled his way to total domination. Explaining how invention begets industry and industry begets empire- a progress often blessed by government, typically with stifling consequences for free expression and technical innovation...