A Propaganda Model of the Media Plus Exploring Alternative Media

Beginning with Noam Chomsky's response to a college student who role-plays "Jane U.S.A."--someone who naively believes she lives in a democratic society in which she can create her own destiny--the viewer is presented with a cross-section of typically lively Chomsky encounters. Central to a functioning democracy is the necessity of free access to information, ideas and opinions. But what should be our democratic right turns out to be limited and shaped by the biases of insitutions and ideologies within the mass media. Chomsky shows how governments, corporations and other elites manufacture the consent of the public to serve their interests.

• Mark AchbarDirector of Photography · Director · Producer
• Peter WintonickDirector of Photography · Director · Producer · Editor
• Francis MiquetDirector of Photography · Producer
• Colin NealeProducer
• Adam SymanskyProducer
• Antonin LhotskyDirector of Photography
• Barry PerlesDirector of Photography
• Ken ReevesDirector of Photography
• Kip DurrinDirector of Photography
• Kirk TougasDirector of Photography

Release date

January 1, 1994

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

58m

Genres

Documentary

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