Mass Media
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Journalism
Television, Film and Video

And the Dish Ran Away With the Spoon
[VHS 955]      1992     Bullfrog Films
1/2" video       Color    1 cass., 50 min.
Using poetry, interviews, music, and clips from television shows, this film highlights the effects of American television broadcasts on local cultures in the Caribbean. Looks at Cuba's attempts to produce locally-oriented broadcasting, and the response to this from the United States by introducing the anti-Castro station TV Marti.

Bell Hooks: Cultural Criticism and Transformation
[VHS 1314]      1997     Media Education Foundation1997
1/2" video         Color     1 cass., 66 min.
Bell Hooks makes a compelling argument for the transformative power of cultural criticism & critical thinking. Pt. 1. On cultural criticism--Pt. 2. Doing cultural criticism.

Control Room
[DVD 153]      2004     Lions Gate Home Entertainment
4 3/4" DVD    Color     1 videodisc, 86 min.
A chronicle which provides a rare window into the international perception of the Iraq War, courtesy of Al Jazeera, the Arab world's most popular news outlet. Roundly criticized by Cabinet members and Pentagon officials for reporting with a pro-Iraqi bias, and strongly condemned for frequently airing civilian causalities as well as footage of American POWs, the station has revealed (and continues to show the world) everything about the Iraq War that the Bush administration did not want it to see.
Subjects - Mass Media ; Middle East

Frontline: Smoke In The Eye
[VHS 1174]      1996      WGBH/Frontline
1/2" video         Color     1 cass., 57 min.
An investigation of the war between network news and the tobacco industry in the wake of the $10 billion libel suit against ABC and the controversial decision by CBS not to allow "60 Minutes" to air and explosive interview with a tobacco company whistle-blower. As media companies increasingly come under the control of large corporations, will their newsrooms continue to report on Corporate America?

Globalization and the Media
[DVD 297]      2001      Films for the Humanities & Sciences
4 3/4" DVD     Color     1 videodisc, 22 min.
As globalization of trade rapidly expands, the mainstream media is being accused of inadequately reporting the issues. This program canvasses some of the dissent by exploring conflicts of interest within the media and showing how technology, such as the camcorder and the Internet, is challenging the monopoly of big news broadcasters. Differences between mainstream and "indie" media are highlighted in coverage of the economic summits and related protests in  Genoa and Seattle.
Subjects -- Mass Media

Noam Chomsky. Part I & II
[VHS 1472]      1988        PBS
1/2" Video        Color       1 cass., 60 min.
Bill Moyers interviews Chomsky concerning politics and government in the U.S. and how the government controls the population through the media.

Popular Culture: Rage, Rights, And Responsibility
[VHS 1876]    2000    Films for the Humanities
1/2" video      Color    1 cass., 58 min.
Presents scenarios involving antisocial and violent messages in mass media to a group of panelists. Discusses who decides what popular culture is, the role of Hollywood and other producers of mass media, and the tension between artistic expression, freedom of speech, and social responsibility. Examines the impact of TV, music, and movies on young people and American society in general.
Subjects - Mass Media

The Public Mind Image And Reality In America. The Truth About Lies
[VHS 1457]       1994       Films for the Humanities & Sciences
1/2" Video         Color      1 cass., 58 min.
Examines how deception has influenced some major events of the recent past and how self-deception shapes our personal lives and the public mind. Investigates reasons why deception self-deception shapes our personal lives and the public mind. Investigates reasons why deception is used and recounts historical events to illustrate the consequences. Focuses on the Bay of Pigs, the war in Vietnam, Watergate, and the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger. Host, Bill Moyers.

Tough Guise: Violence, Media, And The Crisis In Masculinity
[DVD 559]      2002      Media Education Foundation
4 3/4" DVD    Color      1 videodisc, 105 min.
Systematically examines the relationship between pop-cultural imagery and the social construction of masculine identities in the U.S. at the dawn of the 21st century. In this innovative and wide-ranging analysis, Jackson Katz argues that widespread violence in American society, including the tragic school shootings in Littleton, Colorado, Jonesboro, Arkansas, and elsewhere, needs to be understood as part of an ongoing crisis in masculinity. This exciting new media literacy tool-- utilizing racially diverse subject matter and examples-- will enlighten and provoke students (both males and females) to evaluate their own participation in the culture of contemporary masculinity.
Subjects – Men’s Studies ; Mass Media