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Description

1. xxix, 199 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

1. James Winter shows that far from providing "democracy's oxygen," the news media legitimize a fundamentally undemocratic system. Instead of keeping the public informed, news organizations manufacture public consent for policies which favour the corporate elite.
2. The news media mythology about dedication to the public interest is contrasted with substantial evidence that the news is largely a corporate/management product. The result is "Media Think": group-think on a vast scale which pervades the media and through which they promote narrow ideological dogmas about the world around us, such as: globalization, privatization, social cuts and deficit hysteria.
3. This book presents the hard facts that illustrate the complicity between government and corporate media interests in Canada.

Subject

1. Presse, Agences de > Canada
2. News agencies > Canada
3. Journalism > Canada
4. Médias > Canada
5. Mass media > Canada
6. Journalisme > Canada

Contents

1. 1. Mediasaurus -- 2. The Black Market -- 3. Paul Desmarais and Power -- 4. The Public Interest -- 5. News as a Management Product -- 6. Media Think -- 7. Project Censored Canada -- 8. Patterns in Under-Reported Stories -- 9. Conclusions -- A. Media Corporation Assets -- B. Media-Corporate Director Board Interlocks -- C. Dailies by Chain Ownership -- D. Alternative Media -- E. 1995 Compensation for CEOs -- F. Newspaper Ownership by Province -- G. Selected Wealthy Canadians.

Owning institution

1. Columbia University Libraries

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and indexes.