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DESCRIPTION:Constructing Public Opinion  The media regularly use public opinion polls 
 in their reporting of important news stories. But how exactly do they 
 report them and to what end? In this insightful and accessible interview, 
 Professor Justin Lewis demonstrates the way in which polling data are 
 themselves used by the media to not just reflect what Americans think but 
 instead to construct public opinion itself.  Addressing this vital issue, 
 the film provides a new way to think about the relationship between 
 politics, media and the public.  32 min, 2001  Rich Media, Poor Democracy  
 If a key indicator of the health of a democracy is the state of its 
 journalism, the United States is in deep trouble. In Rich Media, Poor 
 Democracy, Robert McChesney lays the blame for this state of affairs 
 squarely at the doors of the corporate boardrooms of big media, which far 
 from delivering on their promises of more choice and more diversity, have 
 organized a system characterized by a lack of competition, homogenization 
 of opinion and formulaic programming.  The video connects the decline of 
 journalism to the profit motive of the mega-corporations that own the media 
 and questions how media policy decisions are made, examines the way our 
 media system affects news coverage, and offers suggestions for reclaiming 
 our media. 30 min, 2003\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/02/03/28693.php
SUMMARY:Videos: Constructing Public Opinion & Rich Media, Poor Democracy
LOCATION:Foundation for Global Community   222 High Street, Palo Alto   
 http://www.globalcommunity.org/filmseries
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/02/03/28693.php
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