Answers charges that New York City's teacher union misleads the public with sophisticated advertising techniques. (See EA 504 731.) Author/JF)

Analyzes the media campaign launched by the Mobil Oil Corporation in an effort to produce a public opposed to government regulation of business. (FL)

Argues that Channel One has brought about a serious escalation of commercialism in the classroom because of three common and incorrect assumptions--that ads are neither significant, effective, nor harmful. (PRA)

Videogames challenge our notions of identity, creativity, and moral value, and provide a powerful new avenue for teaching and learning. This book is a rich and provocative guide to the role of interactive media in cultural learning. It searches for specific ways to interpret videogames in the context of human experience and in the field of…

The special role of words in the formation of moral consciousness and behavior is explored. (KM)

Examines the role of Mahatma Gandhi as an advocate of freedom of speech in India and the influence of his four weeklies on Indian journalism even today. (RB)

This book probes the efforts at manipulation individuals face daily in this information age and the tactics of persuaders from many sectors of society using various forms of Orwellian "doublespeak." The book contains the following essays: (1) "Notes toward a Definition of Doublespeak" (William Lutz); (2) "Truisms Are True:…

Describes the campaign by the National Council of Teachers of English Committee on Public Doublespeak to expose and denounce self-serving, deceptive, and sloppy uses of English. Also discusses the dangerous political and social implications of chronic language misuse by public officials, especially educators. (JG)

Applies Hugh Rank's intensification-downplay model of language analysis to the doublespeak in advertisements. (MKM)

Reviews the planned content of radio programs in China from 1967 through 1974, in order to provide insights into the Chinese Cultural Revolution and into the use of radio in promoting a "Maoist China." (GW)

Four aspects of sociopolitical language are: (1) keywords are defined by a movement; (2) a movement, realized in its language, must be analyzed as having both surface and hidden meanings; (3) the propagandistic function of sociopolitical language forces "value" on the keyword; and (4) a movement creates its linguistic field. (MSE)

Analyzes current writing on the power of mass media and public relations and contends that the claims are exaggerated. Discusses implications for public relations professionals. (PD)

Examines various ways the mass media, especially television, deceives the public through the manipulation of language. (RB)