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  1. Chomsky.Info
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    The Noam Chomsky Web site.
  2. Chronicles of Dissent
    Noam Chomsky Interviewed by David Barsamian
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1993
  3. Democracy's Oxygen
    How Corporations Control the News
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1997
  4. FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting) Internet site
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    U.S. media watch group that documents and criticizes media bias and censorship, scrutinizes media practices that marginalize public interest, minority, and dissenting viewpoints, and advocates for greater diversity in the press.
  5. The Great Unravelling
    From Boom to Bust in Three Short Years
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 2003
  6. Letters from Lexington
    Reflections on Propaganda
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1993
  7. Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them
    A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right
    Resource Type: Book
  8. Manufacturing Consent
    Resource Type: Film/Video
    Published: 1992
    A film about Noam Chomsky's ideas about the media, ideology, propaganda, and elite control of society's institutions.
  9. Manufacturing Consent
    The Political Economy of the Mass Media
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1988
    Contrary to the usual image of the press and cantankerous, obstinate, and ubiquitious in its search for truth, Herman and Chomsky depict how an underlying elite consensus largely structures all facets of the news. They analyze how issues are framed and topics chosen, and the way in which the marketplace and the economics of publishing significantly shape the news.
  10. Mediachannel.org
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    Reports, opinions and links on media issues, including media news and links to hundreds of media issues organizations around the world.
  11. Mental Engineering
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    Web site of the TV program that critiques advertising and television.
  12. The Missing News
    Filters and Blind Spots in Canada's Press
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 2000
  13. Necessary Illusions
    Thought Control in Democratic Societies
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1991
  14. Palestine Media Watch
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    PMWATCH was established to promote fair and accurate coverage of the Israeli occupation of Palestine in the US mainstream media. In broad terms, our mission is two-fold: (1) identify, report on, and protest clear journalistic failures by the US media in covering the conflict, and (2) help media outlets with access to pro-Palestinian points of view and voices for interviews, op-eds, or background discussions, whether here in the United States, in Israel, or in the Occupied Territories. Includes tools and suggestions for action on media bias.
  15. Profit over People
    Neoliberalism and Global Order
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1999
  16. Sources Select Resources
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    Reviews and information about print and online resources for journalists and researchers.
  17. Taking the Risk Out of Democracy
    Corporate Propaganda versus Freedom and Liberty
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1997
  18. Tracking the News that Wasn’t
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    A review of two books about media bias and censorship.
  19. Weapons of Mass Persuasion
    Marketing the War Against Iraq
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 2004
  20. What Uncle Sam Really Wants
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1993

Experts on Media Analysis & Criticism in the Sources Directory

  1. Nielsen Media Research (Canada)
  2. Royal Roads University
  3. Sources
  4. Barrie Zwicker
  5. Sources Select Resources

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