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Media Control: The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda - Couverture souple

Chomsky, Noam

 
9781583225363: Media Control: The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda
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ISBN 10 : 1583225366 ISBN 13 : 9781583225363
Editeur : Seven Stories Press, 2002

Synopsis

Noam Chomsky’s backpocket classic on wartime propaganda and opinion control begins by asserting two models of democracy—one in which the public actively participates, and one in which the public is manipulated and controlled. According to Chomsky, "propaganda is to democracy as the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state," and the mass media is the primary vehicle for delivering propaganda in the United States. From an examination of how Woodrow Wilson’s Creel Commission "succeeded, within six months, in turning a pacifist population into a hysterical, war-mongering population," to Bush Sr.'s war on Iraq, Chomsky examines how the mass media and public relations industries have been used as propaganda to generate public support for going to war. Chomsky further touches on how the modern public relations industry has been influenced by Walter Lippmann’s theory of "spectator democracy," in which the public is seen as a "bewildered herd" that needs to be directed, not empowered; and how the public relations industry in the United States focuses on "controlling the public mind," and not on informing it. Media Control is an invaluable primer on the secret workings of disinformation in democratic societies.

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À propos de l'auteur

NOAM CHOMSKY is known throughout the world for his political and philosophical writings as well as for his groundbreaking linguistics work. He has taught at Massachusetts Institute of Technology since 1955 and remains one of America's most uncompromising voices of dissent.

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Éditeur
Seven Stories Press
Date d'édition
2002
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1583225366
ISBN 13 
9781583225363
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
2
Nombre de pages
112
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
Buchpark GmbH
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