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Globalisation and the Media

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Undercurrents explore how the media is involved in shaping public opinion during the ‘War on Terrorism’ and Globalisation.


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We offer a wide range of viewpoints from broadcasters, journalists, computer hackers, media activists, and news editors.

Travelling across the USA, Nigeria, Britain and Italy, we report on the violent suppression of the alternative media. Discover how new technology, such as the internet and camcorders, is challenging the role of the traditional news gatherer. Running time-21 minutes.

The United States has spent the last 50 years constructing the present New World Order. Aided by its powerful military resources, alongside the IMF, World Bank and the World Trade Organisation, the rules of global trade have been largely imposed to serve its own interests. This documentary explores the role of the media in this corporate led take over of the Planets natural resources.

We explore how the media is involved in shaping public opinion during the ‘War on Terrorism’. Undercurrents offers a wide range of viewpoints from broadcasters, journalists, computer hackers, media activists, and news editors. We investigate the bias of Television news during the protest blockades of the IMF and the G8 summits. Travelling from Nigeria to Britain we report on the violent suppression of alternative media. Discover how new technology, such as the internet and camcorders, is challenging the role of the traditional news gatherer.

Includes Interviews with

Chris Cramer- President CNN International news
George Monbiot- Investigative reporter
Katharine Ainger- Editor New Internationalist
Mark Covell- Indymedia.org
Sonali Fernadez- Media Workers against the War
Danny Schecter- Director Mediachannel.org
Emmanuel Goldstein – Editor of 2600 The Hackers Quarterly
Amy Goodman- Producer Democracy Now in Exile

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