Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media - Couverture souple

Herman, Edward S.; Chomsky, Noam

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0679720340 ISBN 13 : 9780679720348

Editeur : Pantheon Books Inc, 1988

Synopsis

Examines the political role played by the media in shaping events, rather than just reporting on them, and discusses the find distinctions between news and propaganda

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

We normally think that the press are cantankerous, obstinate, and ubiquitous in its search for truth. In Manufacturing Consent Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky show how an underlying elite consensus largely structures all facets of the news. Far from challenging established power, the media work hard to discover and mirror its assumptions. The authors skilfully dissect the way in which the marketplace and the economics of publishing significantly shape the news. They reveal how issues are framed and topics chosen, and contrast the double standards underlying accounts of free elections, a free press, and governmental repression. The authors conclude that the modern mass media can best be understood in terms of a 'propaganda model'. News and entertainment companies dedicate themselves to profit within the established system. Their interests require that they support the governing assumptions of state and private power. The propaganda model provokes outrage from journalists, editors and broadcasters, but twenty years after first publication, Manufacturing Consent remains the most important critique of the mass media.

Biographie de l'auteur

Edward S. Herman is Professor of Finance at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Among his books are Corporate Control, Corporate Power; The Real Terror Network: Terrorism in Fact and Propaganda; Demonstration Elections: U. S.-Staged Elections in the Dominican Republic, Vietnam and El Salvador (with Frank Brodhead) and The Rise and Fall of the Bulgarian Connection (with Frank Brodhead). Noam Chomsky is Institute Professor in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston. A member of the American Academy of Science, he has published widely in both linguistics and current affairs. His previous books include At War with Asia, Towards a New Cold War, Fateful Triangle: The U. S., Israel and the Palestinians, Necessary Illusions, Hegemony or Survival, Deterring Democracy and Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pantheon Books Inc
• Date d'édition: 1988
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0679720340
• ISBN 13: 9780679720348
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 412
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible