Images in media /
The pictures in our heads that define who we are and help us neatly categorize others are increasingly shaped by the newspaper, magazine, film, and TV images that bombard our senses. These images often rely on stereotypes and primal reflexes that can foster in an audience an inordinate fear of viole...
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| Format: | Video VHS |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Films for the Humanities & Sciences,
[1998]
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| Series: | Story of film, TV and media.
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| Summary: | The pictures in our heads that define who we are and help us neatly categorize others are increasingly shaped by the newspaper, magazine, film, and TV images that bombard our senses. These images often rely on stereotypes and primal reflexes that can foster in an audience an inordinate fear of violence, racial and ethnic prejudices, diminished self-worth and even eating disorders, as young women attempt to mimic the look of high-fashion models. This program is a behind-the-scenes look at the media's image-makers, from the first photographers to today's Madison Avenue wizards, and asks some disturbing questions about the self-selected few who hold a distorted mirror up to our society. |
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| Item Description: | Originally produced in 1997 as part of the telecourse: Media waves : an introduction to mass communication. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videocassette (28 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 1/2 in. |
| Format: | VHS. |
| Production Credits: | Music, David Anthony. |