Toxic sludge is good for you  the public relations industry unspun /  [videorecording] : 
 Public relations industry unspun 
Media Education Foundation ; producer, Margo Robb ; executive producers, Loretta Alper, Sut Jhally. 
 - Northampton, MA :  Media Education Foundation,  c2003. 
 - 1 videodisc (45 min. + 24 min.) :  sd., col. ;  4 3/4 in. 
<br/><br/> Originally produced in 2002. 
<br/><br/> The PR industry;  Roots in conflict;  Not local, not news;  Third party advocacy;  Selling wars;   Controlling damage & managing crisis;  Silencing debate  --  Public relations vs. journalism;   More on video news releases;  More on genetically  modified food;  Co-opting movements;  Astroturf;   Perception management;  Democracy in a PR world.  Sections:  Extra features: 
<br/><br/>Camera, Kelly Garner; editor, Jeremy Smith ; production   manager, Kelly Garner.  Camera, Kelly Garner; editor, Jeremy Smith ; production   manager, Kelly Garner. 
<br/><br/>Narrated by Amy Goodman. 
<br/><br/> Tracks the development of the PR industry from early efforts to win popular American support for World War I to the role of crisis management in controlling the damage to corporate image. The video analyzes the tools public relations professionals use to shift our perceptions including a look at the coordinated PR campaign to slip genetically engineered food past public scrutiny. 
<br/><br/><br/>DVD. 
<br/><br/><br/>Soundtrack in English with subtitles in English or Spanish. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1893521745 9781893521742 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Corporations--Public relations--United States.<br/>Industrial publicity--Corrupt practices--United States.<br/>Corporations--Corrupt practices--United States.<br/>Public relations firms--Corrupt practices--United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HD59.6.U6  / T69 2003 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>659.20973