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Manufacturing consent : the political economy of the mass media

Herman, Edward S.2002
Book
Examines the political role played by the media in shaping events, assesses the relationship between the media and the corporations that control and finance them, and discusses the fine distinctions between news and propaganda.
Main title:
Manufacturing consent : the political economy of the mass media / Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky ; with a new introduction by the authors.
Author:
Edition:
[New introduction edition]
Imprint:
New York : Pantheon Books, [2002].©2002
Collation:
lxiv, 412 pages ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Updated edition of: Manufacturing consent. 1st ed. ©1988.Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
1. A Propaganda Model -- 2. Worthy and Unworthy Victims -- 3. Legitimizing versus Meaningless Third World Elections: El Salvador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua -- 4. The KGB-Bulgarian Plot to Kill the Pope: Free-Market Disinformation as "News" -- 5. The Indochina Wars (I): Vietnam -- 6. The Indochina Wars (II): Laos and Cambodia -- 7. Conclusions -- App. 1. The U.S. Official Observers in Guatemala, July 1-2, 1984 -- App. 2. Tagliabue's finale on the Bulgarian Connection: A Case Study in Bias -- App. 3. Braestrup's Big Story: Some "Freedom House Exclusives"
ISBN:
0375714499 (paperback)9780375714498 (paperback)
Dewey class:
381.4530223381.453
Language:
English
BRN:
430821
LocationCollectionCall numberStatus/Desc
City Library-Business and ITBUSIN 381.453 HERMOn loan - Due: 30 Jun 2026
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