Following on from skywardprodigal's own discussion of images of Haiti elsewhere, there's this excellent peice of media analysis from ColorLines:

Following an initial wave of sympathy, the corporate media has turned an alarmed eye to the increasingly desperate masses. We see unruly mobs, bodies piled in the streets (we hear of corpses being used ( Read more... )

In view of all of the pretendian stupidity floating around, I thought people might like to know about a new PBS miniseries that's coming out through "The American Experience" in April.


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George Gerbner is one of the leading figures in critical media studies. This is the full text of an article he wrote on the "alienating mindset" that is fostered by the current mainstream media environment. This is crucial reading for anyone interested in the analysis of why TV is NOT a revolutionary medium.

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I just ran across this poem by Saundra Sharp (who also wrote a really excellent poem called "I am not an African Queen", do y'all know it?). Saundra Sharp also wrote the "Guide to Black women" that delux_vivens was talking about in a post somewhere (help me out someone ( Read more... )