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The Bewildered Herd is The Best Book On Collective Brain Washing In Times of War
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Anne
2004-10-13 14:10:36 UTC
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For all interested in media war coverage, national interests, and
public opinion formation and manipulation a new book has just been
released. The Bewildered Herd: Media Coverage of International
Conflicts & International Conflicts offers the most comprehensive
analysis and revelations of media motives, tactics, and mechanisms
shaping public opinion during international conflict coverage
For the first time, The Bewildered Herd contains all that should be
known about the media's orientation of the public mind in democratic
societies, why this manipulation takes place, and in which manner. The
Bewildered Herd does not only analyse the media's current functions,
forms, interests, and tactics in the modern democratic society but it
also traces and discusses the various transformations that this
increasingly powerful social actor has gone through.
The case studies used in The Bewildered Herd are both unequal and
unique in their nature, depth, and revelations. They compare the media
coverage in two of the world's leading democracies (The United States
and France) of some of the world's most important armed conflicts (The
Gulf War, Bosnia, Iraq, Chechnya, The Middle East, Rwanda). It
analyses both countries' national, economic, cultural, and social
interests as well as their respective media's coverage of these
conflicts and reveals how public perceptions are affected by this
coverage, and how the agendas of both the media and the political
establishment are best served by this manipulation of public opinion
in democratic societies.
Mechanisms and tactics used in conditioning the public mind and
orienting its opinion are extensively revealed and analysed in a
manner that is so comprehensive in its approach and in its
explanations.
John Dean
2004-10-13 17:08:10 UTC
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Post by Anne
For all interested in media war coverage, national interests, and
public opinion formation and manipulation a new book has just been
released.
It's wonderful of you to give up your own time to promote a
non-mainstream work like this. You've been awfully busy on Usenet and in
various web forums.
The book's got staggeringly good reviews on Amazon. From Kate, Karl, Dr
Ben and Marco. All of whom have three things in common - like you and
like the book's author their grasp of English isn't too hot (despite the
fact they're all in the USA), they all wrote their reviews on the same
day (one month after publication) and each of them has only ever
reviewed one book for Amazon - this one.
And a whole bunch other five-star reviewers who've only ever bothered
to review *this* book. And they all say very similar things. Creepy. In
fact, out of 44 reviewers, no-one gives it less than five stars. is this
a record? A coincidence?
I like Rick in Florida - "I guess I am already a fan of this
author......I think many more are becoming everyday. No wonder...what do
you expect from someone who has two PhDs and two masters:!!!!!!. "
You don't suppose someone's trying to brainwash us, do you?
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John Dean
Oxford
Phil
2004-10-13 17:12:56 UTC
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Post by Anne
For all interested in media war coverage, national interests, and
public opinion formation and manipulation a new book has just been
released. The Bewildered Herd: Media Coverage of International
Conflicts & International Conflicts offers the most comprehensive
analysis and revelations of media motives, tactics, and mechanisms
shaping public opinion during international conflict coverage
For the first time, The Bewildered Herd contains all that should be
known about the media's orientation of the public mind in democratic
societies, why this manipulation takes place, and in which manner. The
blah blah blah
Yes but not me!! I'm the lone stag. I'm just relieved that book has come out
that confirms that all my fellow citizens are poor deluded boobs.
Well OK 'cept me and the author.. er ... maybe a few more I'm not sure.
Thank Christ I am not susceptible to this subtle and malign influences.
And these feckers are allowed to vote!!

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