PBS Frontline takes an in-depth look at the multibillion-dollar "persuasion industries" of advertising and public relations and how marketers have developed new ways of integrating their messages deeper into the fabric of our lives. Through sophisticated market research methods to better understand consumers and by turning to the little-understood techniques of public relations to make sure their messages come from sources we trust, marketers are crafting messages that resonate with an increasingly cynical public.
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An examination of the how television news in the US has covered war from Vietnam to the present day
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Evaporating Borders is a poetically photographed and rendered film on tolerance and search for ident...
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A porn-loving, Charles Manson-befriending, Mississippi Republican runs to become the next sheriff.
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