Brian McAndrews wrote:
>
> Our perception of truth is shaped to a significant degree by what the
> media produces. Chomsky's 'Manufacturing Consent' helped me see this.
> So do the writings of Herbert Schiller. Below is a quote that I use
> with my students.
> I have also included the transcript of his In Memoriam.
> Brian McAndrews
>
> ---------------------------- Schiller Quote
> -----------------------------
> �It is not necessary to construct a theory of intentional cultural
> control. In truth, the strength of the control process rests in its
> apparent absence. The desired systemic result is achieved ordinarily
> by a loose though effective institutional process. It utilizes the
> education of journalists and other media professionals, built-in
> penalties and rewards for doing what is expected, norms presented as
> objective rules, and the occasional but telling direct intrusion from
[snip]
This does not get to the root of the matter. "The media"
do not get into the game until the child has been infected
with the values of his or her social matrix of origin --
what I call: an "ethnicity" -- thru
*childrearing*, which the parents transmit to the
infant before the acquisition of language.
I would recommend such resources as Alain Resnais'
film "Mon Oncle d'Amerique", Edward Hall's book "The Silent
Language", and Alice Miller's books "The Drama of the
Gifted Child", "For Your Own Good", and
"Thou Shalt Not Be Aware". "Honor thy father and mother"
was colonizing nascent souls long before
McDonalds ads.
"Yours in discourse...."
\brad mccormick
--
Let your light so shine before men,
that they may see your good works.... (Matt 5:16)
Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. (1 Thes 5:21)
<![%THINK;[SGML+APL]]> Brad McCormick, Ed.D. / [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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