Cultural Imperialism and Beyond
On page 398, the book talks about other countries breaking the laws of radio and television broadcasting into another countries airwaves. This was one example provided about cultural imperialism invading through the airwaves of another country, like when the U.S. broadcasted "The Voice of America" globally during the Cold War.
I jumped to the second about CNN having become a battleground for control over shaping world opinion. Someone asked me what I thought about the ebola breakout recently, and my brother next to me sighed heavily and told us that the "ebola breakout" was a distraction to cover up violent acts and deaths in the Ferguson 'riots' (rhetoric breakdown?: riots here shouldn't be the right word...I think the whole point of the protest was non-violence, so I also think that "riot" was a word given to us by media to scare us...or something...just some quick thoughts, but it sounds legitimate to me).
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