1) Wag the dog means that the dog is the one that controls the tail because he is smarter then the tail itself. The media is the dog because it is in control of the people. The media is in charge of what the american people believe and know.
2) Mr.Fix it is Conrad Breen who is in charge of fixing things in the media that end up looking bad for the president.
3)This shows the producer is much wealthier then the president and that he has a lot of power over the public. Almost seems like he has more power then the president.
4) The significance is that is we don’t actually remember what went on in the war, only the slogans because that was catchy and stuck with us. This means how the media is very powerful and able to control us.
5) This shows that we believe whatever we see on tv or whatever we read about. The media controls us and seeing pictures and videos, we automatically believe it is true.
6) The producer is definitely more powerful because he is in charge of everything, he choreographs the whole thing and also the fact that we never actually see the president shows how much more power the producer has.
7) This is product placement. This is used in many movies when a company pays to have their product in the movie. Examples in other movies and Tv shows are: In Modern Family an Apple iPad is used, in Transformers they had a Chevrolet Camaro, and ToyStory with many different types of popular kids toys at the time.
8) The reason people followed it was because it was what everyone was doing. Trends lie clothing trends, hair trends, and shoe trends, are all like this. People see other people wearing/doing something and they join and do the same thing just for the simple fact that everyone else is doing it.
9) Wag the dog demonstrates Media construct reality by the fact that they actually created a war. It demonstrates media present ideology and value messages by showing the people watching this movie how you can’t always trust the media because it can be fabricated. In commercial interest is shown by how they used the 303 burger in their campaign. Lastly, they used codes and conventions by the music and all of the extras they added to the war story like the main video of the war in Albania.
10) The were portrayed as being able to do and say whatever they wanted. This is a negative portrayal because people who watch this movie are going to be more skeptical of the media and what data they put out.
The dog is smarter than the tail, therefore the dog is in charge. The media is the tail and the American people is the dog. We need to be stronger than our “tails” and question the media. But do we? Do you? Will you start?