Make-Believe Media The Politics of Entertainment by Michael Parenti - August 1991

** Make-Believe Media The Politics of Entertainment- Paperback - cover white background blue high lighting through out- printing - stylized flag film detail stamped used-UCLA store on bottom - creased corners-just good shape -some moderate highlighting through the book thoughtfully done, a few small stains, -, UCLA textbook stamped on end of book not the most wonderful copy but still usable.- This is the book that looks like you are hard core and actually have read it more than once and in multiple environments-convincingly argues that TV & film are not popular culture, but marketed mass culture; & that these media do not distort reality, but preempt it. Their scripts, Parenti asserts, support militarism, imperialism, racism, sexism & authoritarianism, the producer who offers work not supportive of these themes is in trouble. The corporations which control the media use their power to "legitimate the hegemonic ideological system," for example, they present negative views of working-class people--as boors, buffoons and sometimes lovable slobs--and of labor unions. The book is entertainingly written and rich in instances of the effort to force an artificial reality on viewers.- Make-believe Media: The Politics of Entertainment Author Michael Parenti- - Publisher St. Martin's Press, 1992- ISBN 0312056036, 9780312056032-cover design Tom McKeveny photo researcher Inga King text designed Leon Bologenese -241 pages- Subjects Political Science textbooks..LAX Vespa,Los Angeles Culver City- maybe this will do it! -At least you know what you're getting into- City- Media Mail USPS-you get the copy you were viewing carefully Drop kick-packed to protect it in - transit..... sent media mail - 7 days usually coast to coast, less if closer.. .4039 text office shelf top