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This is a 5 page paper discussing the effects of modern media as found in the works of Parenti, Bagdikian and McKibben. Living in today’s modern world, individuals are well aware of the amount of information they are receiving from the various media and information sources. While individuals may be aware of the mass influx of information they are receiving in the different media formats of, for instance, television, the movie industry and the newspaper and news magazine industries to name a few, most individuals are not aware of the influence this information has on them, or more so, the sources of the influence. Through the works of Michael Parenti, Ben H. Bagdikian and Bill McKibben, there appears to be a much larger and darker side to the media and information industry. Basically, no level of the media industry is immune to political and corporate influence which regulates the content of entertainment and news and in turn directly or subtly influences all individuals in modern society. As a result, individuals are not only being inundated with political and corporate ideals but they are often unaware of this process. In addition, individuals are loosing contact with social and natural factors which provided the basis for community relations and rational and independent thought in the past.
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the various media and information sources. While individuals may be aware of the mass influx of information they are receiving in the different media formats of, for instance, television, the
movie industry and the newspaper and news magazine industries to name a few, most individuals are not aware of the influence this information has on them, or more so, the
sources of the influence. Through the works of Michael Parenti, Ben H. Bagdikian and Bill McKibben, there appears to be a much larger and darker side to the media and
information industry. Basically, no level of the media industry is immune to political and corporate influence which regulates the content of entertainment and news and in turn directly or subtly
influences all individuals in modern society. As a result, individuals are not only being inundated with political and corporate ideals but they are often unaware of this process. In addition,
individuals are loosing contact with social and natural factors which provided the basis for community relations and rational and independent thought in the past.
Michael Parentis "Make-believe Media: The Politics of Entertainment" takes a highly critical look at the media in regards to todays entertainment and tries to point out to American audiences
how much they are influenced by "everyday" media without really knowing it. Within the realm of entertainment programs such as "family sitcoms to medical dramas, cartoons, and blockbuster movies" Parenti
explains that entertainment can "alter our view of history, politics, race, sex and class differences" (Parenti). In addition, the "free and independent" television and film industries are actually promoting the
"ideas of the economic and political forces that control them". These conclusions by Parenti to lead the reader to believe that he too are unknowingly influenced by the images and
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