Wag the Dog

Have you ever marveled over why dogs wag their tails? We've always heard, through videos, movies, and books, that dogs wag their tails out of happiness. Yet, is that all there is to it? Dogs also seem to show other emotions than happiness, too! Even when they appear angry, afraid, or annoyed, they still wag their tails. If you're angry, it seems unlikely to represent happiness at the same time. How do domesticated dogs portray their emotions; to humans, and other dogs? Do dogs wag their tails for emotions--or do humans just assume they feel emotions? Does breed affect how emotions are portrayed? Through these questions, I can attempt to discover what the truth is about a dog's emotions. Is there more to what we've known since we were young?…

Wag the dog This movie was directed by Barry Levinson which show us the relationship between the media and public. The movie is from 1997 and it is one hour and 37 minutes. The title of the movie is asking America why dog wag its tail? Dog wag its tail when they are happy. If the tail controlling dog, the dog will be stupid. if the tail wagging a dog mean that something big such a war happened by something small such as sex scandal. in this movie, The title describes that how media manipulate…

In the film Wag the Dog, we are presented with a peculiar and humorous story surrounding government issues. The plot encircles leaked personal information of the president’s intimate life. Because the events took place during the president’s reelection campaign, his team was forced to fabricate a fake war between the United States and Albany in order to distract the public from the president’s scandal. After facing a few difficulties, the team was driven towards creating a second and third lie…

A model is an effort to modernize or remodel the connection supposed to occur between the items being investigated. Even though models are assorted we can arrange them according to the reason for which they exist, in this case, their purpose. It has been recognized that when communication occurs, messages often circulate from both the receiver and the source simultaneously. Although there are many models of communication, Barnlund’s Transactional Model of Communication is the most applicable…

Wag the Dog, a political satire film, steps into a world where constructed and inter-subjective ideas are incredibly important. The film explores how ideas are constructed and how these ideas become reality through the acceptance by the masses and is an excellent demonstration of how identities, interests and institutions are inter-subjectively constructed. In the film, the president of the United States is up for re- election, however, a “Firefly” girl accuses him of sexual misconduct with…

The movie “Wag the Dog” is an outrageous film about a fictitious Presidential Campaign, whose media staff creates a fake war with Albania, in order to get their candidate reelected as President. In their effort to create this war, the media team for the President has to break every single rule in the PRSA Code of Ethics. Although their strategies and tactics may not be the most preferable, some techniques used throughout the film can correlate with the outside world, and even the election cycle…

Everyday our parents tell us to do good in our lives and the world will be good to us: tell the truth, don’t talk back, and say please and thank you. However, as we grow older and become more experienced, it seems like no matter how much good we put in, we can’t completely abominate the bad that inhabits this world. Typically, when we perform a poor duty, we learn from our mistakes and move on, never looking back. It’s strange to see people doing bad things intentionally, for their job, friends,…

is no easy way to tell if it is deceiving or not and most of the time, people are easily subjected to taking campaigns for reality. This can be seen in the film Wag the Dog. It is a fictitious film that deals with the ways in which the media and government work together to fabricate news and distract the public from other matters (Wag the Dog, 1997). The film essentially focuses on the how the media and government work together to cover up a presidential sex scandal days before the election…

I found Barry Levinson’s Wag the Dog the most memorable because of how accurately it reflects recent events in the United States. As the film’s conflict stems from sexual allegations made against the president, it mirrors the women that have accused President Trump of sexual harassment and assault. As the allegations are now garnering the attention of public media, I am curious to see if it will be handled similarly to the film; will tensions with foreign policy be escalated with events like the…

It demonstrates how politics influences the media and how media influences the people. The presidential fixer ‘Conrad Brean’ employs a Hollywood producer ‘Stanley Motss’ to construct a war, to dissipate the stigma engulfing the president and firefly girl situation. The title “Wag the Dog” is a well-constructed metaphor, designed to tell the audience that a dog is being controlled by its tail, thus contradicting the importance of the body as it should be in control, resulting in the viewer’s…