The pseudo-events paradox : how pseudo-events flood the Philippine press and why journalists don't recognize it

• Main Author: Edson C. Tandoc Jr
• Other Authors: Marko M Skoric
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Journalism::Ethics and religion aspects
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/41524
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Daniel Boorstin introduced in 1961 the concept of "pseudo-events" of false realities which he said had been flooding the American Press (Boorstin, 1961). Four decades later, testing his concept on the Philippines Press, this study finds that his observation still holds true. This explorat...