Author

Contributions

  • Horvat, Janos - Contributor
  • Dalrymple, William - Contributor
  • Klozer, Charles L. - Contributor
  • Bishop, Edward - Contributor
  • Filmakers Library, inc - Contributor

Publication

2005 - Filmakers Library, New York, N.Y, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

7,500 words, Guess

Page Count

30 pages

Physical Format

Video Recording

Identifiers

Description

Videodisc release of the 1996 production. Professor Noam Chomsky discusses the role of the increasing corporatization of the global mass media and evaluates the concept of journalistic "objectivity" in that context. Janos Horvat, notes that television news in America is show business. Edward Bishop says the media is not separate from society but reflects society. Klotzer and bishop point out that Americans do not cover issues from the "left" point of view as do the Europeans. The video also describes the role of CNN, with its clobal point of view and compares it to the more insular network television in the United States.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • TED 666 (NU course)
  • ILR 260 (NU course)

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