James Corbett | Media, Truth and Power | July 27, 2022

Source: http://corbettreport.com

ames talks to Alison Morrow about his new documentary series, The Media Matrix. They discuss the history of the mass media, its effects on the population, how media power translates to political power, the printing press' role in the creation of the nation-state and the electronic media's role in the creation of globalization, where media technology is heading and how people can defend themselves against the dehumanization influence of electronic media.

Show Notes:
Alison Morrow support page (Locals.com)
https://alisonmorrow.locals.com

The Media Matrix
https://www.corbettreport.com/media/

Mass Media: A History (online course)
https://www.corbettreport.com/massmedia

Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman
https://archive.org/details/amusingourselves0000post

Understanding Media by Marshall McLuhan
https://archive.org/details/understandingmed00mclurich

Simulacra and Simulation by Jean Baudrillard
https://archive.org/details/simulacrasimula000baud

The Rockefellers (PBS documentary)
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/rockefellers/

The Perfect Machine: Television and the Bomb by Joyce Nelson
https://archive.org/details/perfectmachinete00nels/