000			01554nam a2200241 4500
020			_a9780099533115
082			_a381.4530223 _bHER/M
100			_aHerman, Edward S
245			_aManufacturing consent: the political economy of the mass media
260			_aLondon _bVintage books _c1994
300			_a412 p.
520			_aContrary to the usual image of the press as cantankerous, obstinate, and ubiquitous in its search for truth, Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky depict how an underlying elite consensus largely structures all facets of the news. They 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 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 groundbreaking work is an account of just how propagandistic our mass media are, and how we can learn to read them and see their function in a radically new way.
650			_aUnited States
650			_aWorld politics
650			_aMass media--Political aspects
650			_aMass media--Objectivity
650			_aMass media and propaganda
650			_aPublic opinion
650			_aMass media--Ownership
650			_aMass media
700			_aChomsky, Noam
942			_cBK
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