But a new battle against the culture of the image is emerging. This letter, published in Salon Magazine, summarizes what fiction has to tell us about the dangers of a media-saturated culture. A link to it also appears in the Truman Show site, above. 1992 Boston Globe article on fakes, illusions and an invented world. The Truman Show - This site explores the meanings of The Truman Show and provides a good introduction to some of the ideas on the site.
Media criticism is thus essential to protecting democracy.
The media reinvented Andrew Cunanan, so it could tell an exciting story. Then people around the United States started inventing him in their imaginations. Media criticism has to explore the psychology of journalism. News stories contain implicit claims that are hidden forms of ideology. Basic Principles of Media Criticism - Seven basic statements about how power is exercised in America.