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Crisis of the cultural environment [videorecording] : media & democracy in the 21st century / Sut Jhally; George Gerbner; Michael Morgan; Media Education Foundation.

Material type: FilmFilmSeries: Publication details: Northampton, MA : Media Education Foundation, 2002.Description: 1 x DVD : sd., col. ; 30 minsISBN:
  • 1893521435
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Contents:
57 channels & nothing on -- Who will control the 500 channels? -- Global expansion -- Public funded television: an alternative -- Taxation without representation: the commercial funding of TV -- The V-chip: the fox guarding the chicken coop -- Democracy in a media age -- Don't agonize: organize.
Summary: Dr. George Gerbner delivers a stinging indictment of the way the information superhighway is being constructed. He shows the ineffectual nature of our present responses to the urgent crisis of the media. He urges the citizens of the world to struggle for democratic principles in the cultural environment.
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DVD University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection 791.45 CR IS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available T0026899

Dr. George Gerbner delivers a stinging indictment of the way the information superhighway is being constructed. He shows the ineffectual nature of our present responses to the urgent crisis of the media. He urges the citizens of the world to struggle for democratic principles in the cultural environment.

57 channels & nothing on -- Who will control the 500 channels? -- Global expansion -- Public funded television: an alternative -- Taxation without representation: the commercial funding of TV -- The V-chip: the fox guarding the chicken coop -- Democracy in a media age -- Don't agonize: organize.

Notes: Previously released on videocassette in 1997.

Credits: Editors, Sut Jhally, Sanjay Talreja, Kim Neumann ; camera, Michael Perlman, Chris Emmanoulides, David Rabinovitz.

Performer(s): Presenters: George Gerbner, Michael Morgan.

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