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From inception to reception: the natural history of a news item

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News media define reality for their audiences, and through the process of presenting facts the media emphasize some facts and viewpoints while deleting or downplaying others. This distortion of reality may not be noticed by the viewers, who are led to believe if they can come to different views on a story they are playing an active role in interpreting the facts themselves. One example is the Guardian's presentation of the False Memory issue, suggesting the superiority of one viewpoint over the other.

Influence, Television

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The problematics of postmodernism for feminist media studies

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The influence of postmodernist theories on feminist media studies is discussed, focusing on the concepts of representation, reality, and resistance. The relationship between the media, identity, and cultural production and consumption is addressed.

United States, Social aspects, Critical Essay, Identity, Feminist criticism

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The right-wing postmodernism of Marshall McLuhan

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The works of Marshall McLuhan represents a critique of liberal capitalism and a beginning of a new vision. His writings on tribalism explain that a new right-wing postmodern community will be reconstructed.

McLuhan, Marshall, Tribalism

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