
Manufacturing Consent
The Political Economy of the Mass Media
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John Pruden
In this pathbreaking work, now with a new introduction, Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky show that, contrary to the usual image of the news media as cantankerous, obstinate, and ubiquitous in their search for truth and defense of justice, in their actual practice they defend the economic, social, and political agendas of the privileged groups that dominate domestic society, the state, and the global order.
Based on a series of case studies - including the media's dichotomous treatment of "worthy" versus "unworthy" victims, "legitimizing" and "meaningless" Third World elections, and devastating critiques of media coverage of the US wars against Indochina - Herman and Chomsky draw on decades of criticism and research to propose a Propaganda Model to explain the media's behavior and performance. Their new introduction updates the Propaganda Model and the earlier case studies, and it discusses several other applications.
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Didn’t work well in audio format. Book's better
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Very engaging!
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Amazing
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dense
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Yes, it’s authors are left wing, but at no point in the text are they trying to sell you on their politics, change your politics, etc, nor are they even arguing from a necessarily left perspective. They’re merely pointing out the biases of the modern mass media, why it has those biases, and how it’s function, even in non “totalitarian” states, serves to propagandize the general public with the “truths” of the state’s point of view, per its interests.
Is it the only text necessary to develop a very solid understanding of mass media? No, but I’d absolutely call it an essential building block for that task, if it’s of any value to you. If gaining such a media literacy is not of interest or value to you, read it anyway, and hopefully you’ll change your mind on the importance of such an understanding.
Important “Classic” Text For Media Literacy
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No greater tool for the modern person.
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Never has there been a more important time to read this book
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Disturbing view
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Actions of our Government Agencies in foreign land
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The book itself is an amazing compilation of how the media has always been pro-war in favor of the US and its allies citing numerous examples of which unfortunately most people nowadays (young and old) either know nothing about or have a very distorted view of.
I recommend this book (read or listen) only to those whom really have an interest in learning about the propaganda machine. Otherwise it is very difficult to stay completely focused on it (at least in audio form).
Good But Difficult
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