Media mythmakers : how journalists, activists, and advertisers mislead us /
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Amherst, N.Y. :
Prometheus Books,
2003.
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Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- pt. 1. Advertising and the illusion of meaning
- 1. Advertising and the illusion of meaning
- 2. Advertising, news, and entertainment
- pt. 2. The media perspective
- 3. The news bias : distorting reality and feeding fears
- 4. Illusions of participation and influence
- 5. Tears in the camera eye
- 6. Tragedy as license to abandon responsible journalism
- 7. The changing face of news
- pt. 3. Profiting from fear and myth
- 8. Cashing in on crises and manufacturing martyrs
- 9. Emotional legislation : solutions without problems
- pt. 4. The wages of fear : consequences of a public blinded by myths
- 10. Losing trust and resources
- 11. Threats to life and health
- 12. Threats to freedom and justice
- Conclusion : toward solutions
- Index.