Jowett and Victoria O'Donnell in Propaganda & Persuasion, Propaganda is "the deliberate, systematic attempt to shape perceptions, manipulate cognitions, and direct behavior to achieve a response that furthers the desired intent of the propagandist ". ... To quote Brad Pitt's character from the film Fight Club, "Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don't need ". ... Television ads can have more direct messages as well such as "Say no to tobacco " or "Vote against Mary Landrieu because she supports ObamaCare ". ...

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By examining artists and their cultural discourses I will be able to justify the claim that thier lyrics have a direct link to violence being carried out in their name. ... However the media saw a direct link with the music the boys listened to and knew it would cause a media debate, even in Eric Harris's suicide note he states, don't blame the music or the clothes that I wear.... Aggressive music has always promoted violence in a direct way this easily noticed in 1970's punk music and even more so today in heavy metal. ... This has a direct effect on it's audience, th...

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The Clinton family could not catch a break through their entire term as "the level of hostility directed against Clinton by punditocracy big-feet was truly a wonder." ... McGowen stated that the Times gave the murder credit for his principles and described the incident as an act of protest against white supremacy, when in fact that article stated how mentally deranged the man was and quoted his friend calling the act insane. ...

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As the media plays a substantial role in forming consciousness, they can control and direct, "...what we think, how we think and what we think about" (1997; 6-7). ... "This means, in practice, that the mass media are not like any other business or service industry, but can carry out some essential tasks for society, especially in the cultural and political arena" (Quote from McQuail in Schultz, J 1994; 21). ...

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Their ideological and socialization functions are continually being defined and perfected in developing countries as one of the indispensable factors in the mobilization of general population for programs of national development'(Chimutengwende, quoted in Ziegler and Asante, 1992, p41). ...

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Is any cliché in American public discourse quite as stale as "liberal media bias-? Probably not, unless it's "tax-and-spend liberal."" Is there a literate adult living in this country who hasn't heard or read that dull, deceptive phrase literally hundreds or even thousands of times? Not unless said person resides permanently in a wilderness beyond range of all TV, radio, newspaper delivery, and the U.S. Postal Service. ...

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