Manufacturing Consent: The Political Consent of Mass Media a documentary with Noam Chomsky exploring the role of media, and how it maintains power for and, reproduces ideological interests of the top 1%, and influences public opinion
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The various technologies designed to communicate with the public on a wide scale which include, radio, film, news media, magazines, and a host of other communication mediums. Corporate media, as profit-driven institutions, tend to serve and further the agendas and interests of dominant, elite groups in society. Especially within our increasingly global economic system, news media in particular has become an influencer of opinion rather than the reporter of events it portrays itself as. Mainstream media creates a narrow window through which events are portrayed, and places strict limits on the kinds of opinions that are allowed to pass through. In this way media has become a powerful tool, which serves to control rather than to empower the average citizen. One would imagine that the increased access to evermore amounts of information our technological society has provided us would bring increased freedom. Instead we have become bombarded by so much information that it can often be overwhelming and increasingly difficult to sift through lies to find a modicum of truth.
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