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Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media Paperback – 20 April 1995

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A detailed and compelling political study of how elite forces shape mass media.

Edward S Herman and Noam Chomsky investigate how an underlying elite consensus structures mainstream media. Here they skilfully dissect the way in which the marketplace and the economics of publishing significantly shape the news.

This book reveals how issues are framed and topics chosen, and the double standards underlying accounts of free elections, a free press, and governmental repression between Nicaragua and El Salvador; between the Russian invasion of Afghanistan and the American invasion of Vietnam; between the genocide in Cambodia under a pro-American government and genocide under Pol Pot.

What emerges from this ground-breaking work is an account of just how propagandistic our mass media can be, and how we can learn to read them and see their function in a radically new way.

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English
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Vintage
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20 April 1995
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12.9 x 2.24 x 19.81 cm
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0099533111
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978-0099533115
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"[A] compelling indictment of the news media's role in covering up errors and deceptions in American foreign policy of the past quarter century."--Walter LaFeber, The New York Times Book Review

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A detailed and compelling political study

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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 U.S. 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. These include the manner in which the media covered the passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement and subsequent Mexican financial meltdown of 1994-1995, the media's handling of the protests against the World Trade Organization, World Bank, and International Monetary Fund in 1999 and 2000, and the media's treatment of the chemical industry and its regulation. What emerges from this work is a powerful assessment of how propagandistic the U.S. mass media are, how they systematically fail to live up to their self-image as providers of the kind of information that people need to make sense of the world, and how we can understand their function in a radically new way.

About the Author

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, American Power and the New Mandarins, For Reasons of State, Peace in the Middle East?, Towards a New Cold War, Fateful Triangle: The U. S., Israel and the Palestinians, Pirates and Emperors, The Culture of Terrorism, and Necessary Illusions.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Vintage; 1st edition (20 April 1995)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 432 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0099533111
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0099533115
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.9 x 2.24 x 19.81 cm

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Edward S. Herman is professor emeritus of finance at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and has written extensively on economics, political economy, and the media. Among his books are Corporate Control, Corporate Power; The Real Terror Network; The Political Economy of Human Rights (with Noam Chomsky); and Manufacturing Consent (with Noam Chomsky). David Peterson is an independent journalist and researcher based in Chicago.

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Warren Flood

Excellent Model for Western Media in 1988 and beyond, brilliantly researched - where are the critics though?

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 November 2015

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Difficult to write a review that would do this book justice. The propaganda model that is put forth in this book has been thoroughly researched and is very well fleshed out with both an extensive appendix and sources. I have looked for critiques of this book, however as I have not found any yet of academic quality, and considering that I am hardly an expert on the topic, it is difficult for me to make one either. The only thing that I will say is that you need to be aware of the context that this work was written in and the date it was published, 1988. Internet has greatly changed several aspects of the Media since the time this book was published, however (unfortunately) this book is still highly relevant.

If you are a Westerner and are unfamiliar with the main thesis of this work, or media studies in general (Edward Bernays for e.g.), then this book might very well revolutionize your understanding of the World that you and everyone one else on this planet lives in. A word of warning for younger readers or those unfamiliar with Chomsky, this is most definitely a work of academic writing. While it is certainly one of the most engagingly written academic works I have read, it of course maintains the necessary objectivity and measured nature of its genre so it might appear dull if you are not experienced with academic literature (use this sentence as an example). If you are worried it might be to dull for you to read, then I would always recommend Orwell's great work of fiction "1984" as a great first book to read as it is universally thrilling.

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Jassen Summogum

Amazing book but writing on this copy is so tiny!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 March 2023

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Unfortunately I cannot fully enjoy this edition as the writing is so small it hurts my eyes so sadly a poor print. However the content is 5 stars of what I have read and has been truly necessary and important for anyone interested in how the media and governments operate.

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Milo Redican

Must read for all socialists

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 March 2021

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if you call yourself a socialist and you're interested in how the media became so biased against our outlook and how it can function as an arm of the US government then this is a must read

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Patrick

Read this book!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 October 2020

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One of the most important Books in modern media and political theory, especially the first chapter. The book is fantastic however it definitely begins to slow down towards the end (the Vietnam chapter is a bit of a drag) however it's a must read

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C.Ev

Print is so tiny size 8 font

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 September 2023

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Its a shame the print is so ridiculously small and cannot be comfortably read even if one does not have an eyesight problem

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tiger moto

how the media filters news

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 February 2006

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this book is the most difficult chomsky book i have ever read.it is the first serious attempt to show how biased our so called independent media is.it shows by using well known news events how different organizations have used the same story and come up with different conclusions.the media like any political organisation practices self censorship,it's interesting to see what the media leaves out of it's reporting.after reading this book you will develop a healthy scepticism about what you hear or read in the media.the media certainly knows manipulate facts to fit any view they like to promote.after reading this book i have a very dim view of so called media

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Jonathan

A must read for all fighting for change.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 December 2019

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Excellent read, never more apt for an ever more complex media and corporate propaganda.
Gives you an insight into how Laura Kuenssberg and the BBC spin against The Labour Party.

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AMBiel

Seminal and important work

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 31 July 2020

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Not read it yet, but great author and book is a seminal work

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