THE MEDIA & IRAQ: WAR COVERAGE ANALYSIS BY MARIELLEN DIEMAND “To speak the truth‚ there must be two people. One to speak it and one to hear it.” HENRY DAVID THOREAU Thoreau reminds us that in order for there to be truth in our lives there must be someone to speak it first. We as a society assume those truths will be freely distributed by those who run our country and those who keep us informed – those we are supposed to be able to depend on and trust. In a time of war‚ free speech comes under
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EFFECTS OF THE MEDIA PROPAGANDA Ayodele Abina Everest University Online 1/7/13 Abstract The media serve the agenda of six corporations that owns them. Just about any source of information that you see‚ hear or read is controlled by the agenda of the six corporations. They control the country with media propaganda agenda using the illusion of choice. The media has influenced us‚ economically‚ sociologically‚ and psychologically. The media function with
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Media Control: The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda. By Noam Chomsky Seven Stories Press. 2002 Synopsis of the book. Chomsky examines and explores the use of propaganda in the mass media. His focus remains on the "elite" as he would call them‚ or the corporations and politicians that control the mass media in our country. He speaks of how the U.S. government used propaganda in order to gain support for our country’s involvement in wars from Wilson’s presidency to Bush Sr.‚ and now
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Overfishing in the Gulf of Mexico In recent years the fish and all the other marine animals that live in the Gulf have been affected by different natural disasters or disasters caused by us humans. For example‚ the most recent natural disaster that affected the lives of many marine animals in the Gulf was Hurricane Katrina in 2005‚ which caused the Gulf Coast entered the United States with lots of water and different types of animals from the gulf. This caused many fish to die and some to even become
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Media Propaganda The cover of the December 1993 issue of Kangura. The title states‚ "Tutsi: Race of God"‚ while the text to the right of the machete states‚ "Which weapons are we going to use to beat the cockroaches for good?". The man pictured is the second president of the First Republic‚ Grégoire Kayibanda‚ who made Hutu the governing ethnicity after the 1959 massacres. According to recent commentators the news media played a crucial role in the genocide: local print and radio media fuelled
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COLLATERAL DAMAGE IN THE GULF WAR: EXPERIENCE AND LESSONS THOMAS KEANEY The Gulf War of 1991 introduced a new set of issues concerning collateral damage. Although the U.S. military had faced controversy concerning the targeting and effects of aerial bombing in previous wars of the 20th Century‚ the day-by-day reporting and political context of the Gulf War brought increased scrutiny of the air attacks. Ironically‚ attention increased even as the employment of precision weapons decreased the occurrence
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Marine Biology Shantal Ortega 1st The Gulf of Thailand Introduction The Gulf of Thailand is a semi-enclosed tropical sea located in the South China Sea‚ it is surrounded by Malaysia‚ Thailand‚ Cambodia and Vietnam. The Gulf covers roughly 320‚000 km². The boundary of the Gulf is defined by the line from Cape Camau in southern Vietnam‚ south of the mouth of the Mekong River to the coastal city of Kota Bharu on the east coast of West Malaysia. It is particularly shallow; the mean depth is 45 m‚
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Persian Gulf The Persian Gulf is an expansion of the Indian Ocean‚ situated in western Asia which separate Iran from the Arabian Peninsula. The Persian Gulf’s wide is 55 kilometers and 989 kilometers-long inland sea. The Persian Gulf States include Iran (Persia)‚ United Arab Emirates‚ Saudi Arabia‚ Qatar on a peninsula off the Saudi coast‚ Bahrain on an island‚ and Kuwait and Iraq in the northwest (Reynolds‚ 1993). The Persian Gulf has wide coral reefs‚ and numerous pearl oysters‚ and plenty of
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PROPAGANDA Propaganda is a form of communication that is aimed at influencing the attitude of a community toward some cause or position by presenting only one side of an argument. It is usually repeated and dispersed over a wide variety of media in order to create the chosen result in audience attitudes. Propaganda uses techniques and‚ any means to persuade. It can be in writing‚ speech‚ music‚ movies‚ or any other media access that influences the public’s opinions‚ feelings‚ behavior and attitude
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What is propaganda? Propaganda is a means of disseminating information to convey a particular message with the aim of influencing people’s opinions. Propaganda takes forms in many ways‚ e.g. from party political broadcasts to coded messages. Propaganda is using several different media outlets like Internet‚ newspaper‚ and television to get you to believe something that isn’t technically true. It’s usually political. One politician making another look bad so people will not vote for that person
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