Inventing Reality
Author:   Michael Parenti
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
ISBN:  

9780312020132


Pages:   304
Publication Date:   25 May 1993
Format:   Paperback
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This study looks at the role of the print and electronic media in defining ""respectable"" political discourse in the United States. From a critical perpective, Parenti looks at the economics and politics of ""presenting"" the news and argues that the media systematically distort the news. This manufactured reality deprives the public of necessary information for effective participation in government. This edition has been updated throughout, and there is coverage of the media's treatment of the US invasion of Panama, the war against Iraq and the collapse of communism. Other titles by Michael Parenti include ""Democracy for the Few"", ""Power and the Powerless"", ""The Sword and the Dollar: Imperialism, Revolution and the Arms Race"" and ""Make-Believe Media: The Politics of Entertainment"".

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Author:   Michael Parenti
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 13.90cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 20.80cm
Weight:   0.348kg
ISBN:  

9780312020132


ISBN 10:   0312020139
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   25 May 1993
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Undergraduate ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained

Table of Contents

From Cronkite's Complaint to Orwell's Oversight - 'Freedom of the Press Belongs to the Man Who Owns One' - Who Controls the News? - Objectivity abd Government Manipulation - The Big Sell - Giving Labour the Business - 'Liberal' Media, Conservative Bias - The Media Fight the Red Menace - Doing the Third World - For the New World Order - Propaganda Themes - Methods of Misrepresentation - Culture, Control, and Resistance - Index - Appendix:A Guide to Alternative Media

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