Inventing Reality - Softcover

Parenti, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312020139 ISBN 13: 9780312020132

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 1993

Synopsis

This study looks at the role of the print and electronic media in defining "respectable" political discourse in the United States. From a critical perpective, Parenti looks at the economics and politics of "presenting" the news and argues that the media systematically distort the news. This manufactured reality deprives the public of necessary information for effective participation in government. This edition has been updated throughout, and there is coverage of the media's treatment of the US invasion of Panama, the war against Iraq and the collapse of communism. Other titles by Michael Parenti include "Democracy for the Few", "Power and the Powerless", "The Sword and the Dollar: Imperialism, Revolution and the Arms Race" and "Make-Believe Media: The Politics of Entertainment".

About this edition

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0312020139
• ISBN 13: 9780312020132
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 304