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Image and reality in America : consuming images / from WNET/New York and WETA/Washington ; a production of Alvin H. Perlmutter, Inc. and Public Affairs Television, Inc. ; writers, Bill Moyers, Gail Pellett ; producer & director, Gail Pellett.
Annenberg Circulation Desk VHS HF6146.T42 I43 1989
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- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Advertising.
- Mass media--United States.
- Mass media.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Educational films.
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videocassette (58 min.) : sound, color; 1/2 in.
- 1/2 in.
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Consuming images
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : PBS Video, [1989]
- Language Note:
- Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
- System Details:
- VHS.
- analog
- magnetic
- VHS
- Summary:
- Looks at a society inundated with visual images and addresses the question of how to assess the validity of what we see. Summarizes the development of t.v. commercials and the strategies of print advertising in a world where the market is the heart of the visual experience. Suggests that visual literacy needs to be a basic part of education.
- Participant:
- Host, Bill Moyers.
- Credits:
- Editor, Michael Collins ; music, Michael Bacon.
- OCLC:
- 42479886
- Publisher Number:
- MPUM 101 PBS Video
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