Slick spins and fractured facts : how cultural myths distort the news /
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Author / Creator: | Rivers, Caryl. |
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Imprint: | New York : Columbia University Press, c1996. |
Description: | xv, 250 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2611391 |
Summary: | Studies the ways the media put their own spin on the news of our sound-bite generation. This book shows how the media follow their biased agenda, unaware of the deep wells of history, prejudice, and primal fear that inform their version of reality, making the reader think twice about the news. |
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Physical Description: | xv, 250 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-240) and index. |
ISBN: | 023110152X |