Take a look at this short video analysis of the John Carpenter film 'They Live' (1988) which takes an interesting approach to the hidden messages contained in modern media texts. The sci-fi narrative deals with aliens influencing human thought processes as a way of controlling society, but this can also be read as a metaphor for the way society is controlled by powerful media organisations within a capitalist society. It's basic message is made very clear though - all media texts contain ideas which shape our existence.
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