How Video Game Journalism is Propaganda | Manufacturing Gamers
Channel: The Game Overanalyser
Date: 2023-06-09

Journalism is often accused of being propaganda, but is this really true? This essay examines Video Game Journalism through the lens of the book 'Manufacturing Consent' , to see what the causes might be for the ongoing distrust between gamers and journalists. 

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