Michael Greenwell

So long as men worship the Caesars and Napoleons, Caesars and Napoleons will duly arise and make them miserable. – Aldous Huxley

THE AUDIENCE ALWAYS BUYS IT

It has been written and talked about often enough but people generally still don’t realise that the main business of the media is not to produce programmes or articles in magazines etc – it is to sell audiences to advertisers. That is the business part of it.

The propaganda part of it works slightly differently and is well explained here by the excellent Media Education Foundation

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3 Responses to THE AUDIENCE ALWAYS BUYS IT

  1. scotlandcalling January 26, 2009 at 19:37

    Great vid – Aye – we’re aw sheep – baaaah!

  2. Anonymous January 28, 2009 at 09:09

    My thoughts exactly….

  3. lidia January 28, 2009 at 09:10

    My thoughts exactly….

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