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Media wizards
a behind-the-scene look at media manipulations
By Gourley, Catherine
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-76130-967-3
- Publisher
- Brookfield, Conn. : Twenty-First Century Press, c1999.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on February 1, 2000
Gr 5-Up Sandwiched between short chapters on L. Frank Baum and his "great and terrible" leader of the land of Oz are revelations about real-life word and image wizards. From Parson Weems's enhanced biography of George Washington and Civil War battlefield photographs that were staged to make specific points to modern manipulation of photographs to produce "photo illustrations" and advertisements created to influence consumer-buying habits, the techniques of media wizardry are exposed. What at first appears to be a jumble of type styles and des...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
