Saturday, October 13, 2012

Orwell Rolls In His Grave




"Could a media system, controlled by a few global corporations with the ability to overwhelm all competing voices, be able to turn lies into truth?..."

 This chilling documentary film examines the relationship between the media, corporate America, and government. In a country where the "top 1% control 90% of the wealth", the film argues that the media system is nothing but a "subsidiary of corporate America."

Walter Lippmann (Public Opinion) - Full Book Link @http://xroads.virginia.edu/~Hyper2/CDFinal/Lippman/contents.html

Chapter VII. Stereotypes As Defense -http://xroads.virginia.edu/%7EHyper2/CDFinal/Lippman/ch07.html
Chapter VIII. Blind Spots And Their Value -http://xroads.virginia.edu/%7EHyper2/CDFinal/Lippman/ch08.html

Adorno and Horkheimer - The Culture Industry: Enlightenment as Mass Deception (1944)
The predictions in this essay are stunningly accurate @
http://www9.georgetown.edu/faculty/irvinem/theory/Adorno-Horkheimer-Culture-I...

Edward Bernays - Propaganda (1928) only 150 pages -http://www.scribd.com/doc/4057578/Propaganda

(Books)
When Corporations Rule the World - David C. Korten (One of the best reads ever)
News: The Politics of Illusion - W. Lance Bennett (One of the best media
Manufacturing Consent - Noam Chomsky


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