Using compare OR contrast , analyze the role of the media in creating Case?s world and Truman?s world. How do the media create a recognizable structure in the worlds of the book and film.

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Date : August 3rd , 2010

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The Truman Show and Pattern Recognition

A Comparison Between the Film and Novel

The use of films , newspapers , magazines , and radio has been perfected as a means to convey ideas , promote politicians , and persuade consumers into buying products or services . The media industry knows how to target and manipulate the public through methods scientifically developed Advertising is undoubtedly the largest division of the media industry because of the revenue it generates . Propaganda and social control play roles that are equally influential

as advertising even though they deliver a less tangible reward than money . The logos of hundreds of corporations are easily recognizable to most citizens and this fact alone demonstrates how effective they have been with their marketing methods . The newspapers and broadcast news repeat , repeat , and repeat the desired message or point of view they wish the viewers to adopt . The media bombards the public with bits of information carefully tailored to have the optimum effect whether its purpose is selling a pair of shoes or assuring the public that the worst of the economic downturn is behind us and it is starting to rebound . The mass distribution and exportation of ideas has been recognized as a powerful tool since the first printing press . The advent of instantaneous communication at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries is when the weapons of mass-media could be aimed at an unprecedented number of people . Starting with the radio , technology has...