mass media Archives - EAVI Information and Democracy Fri, 28 May 2021 17:23:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://eavi.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/cropped-Untitled-design-32x32.webp mass media Archives - EAVI 32 32 Edward Said: Framed: the politics of stereotypes https://eavi.eu/edward-said-framed-the-politics-of-stereotypes/ Wed, 22 Mar 2017 13:35:29 +0000 https://eavi.eu/?p=12192 About Are we sure that the perception that we have about the East (and about the Middle East and the different struggles it is going through) is neutral and unbiased? The Palestinian academician Said advanced the hypothesis that the European perspective on the East, that  has been shaped throughout the 18th and 19th [...]

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]]> Noam Chomsky, The Consent Factory https://eavi.eu/noam-chomsky-the-consent-factory/ Wed, 22 Mar 2017 13:27:59 +0000 https://eavi.eu/?p=12195 About Are we really sure that concepts such as propaganda only apply to countries like North Korea or China, and that Western civilisation is, on the other side, the gatekeepers of freedom and democracy? The truth is that, even in the absence of a state media apparatus, phenomena like propaganda are present and [...]

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]]> Ways of Seeing – John Berger, BBC 1972 https://eavi.eu/ways-of-seeing-john-berger-bbc-1972/ Tue, 10 Jan 2017 16:56:52 +0000 https://eavi.eu/?p=12209 About Ways of Seeing is a 1972 BBC series which later became a book. It is a seminal work of art criticism for the postmodern age. John Berger explores the ways in which we view art with a critical eye and challenges traditional art criticism. Credits Created by John Berger [...]

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]]> Manufacturing Consent | Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992) https://eavi.eu/manufacturing-consent-noam-chomsky-and-the-media-1992/ Thu, 14 Jul 2016 11:04:03 +0000 https://eavi.eu/?p=12214 About Manufacturing Consent is a documentary about Noam Chomsky's ideas and activism. However, it is his ideas regarding the media that take centre stage in the film. Namely, that the mass media operates as a form of thought control in a democratic society, with major news organizations systematically bending the truth to support the status [...]

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