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Manufacturing Consent
- The Political Economy of the Mass Media
- Narrated by: John Pruden
- Length: 15 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Politics & Social Sciences, Politics & Government
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Relevant and high yield
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Publisher's Summary
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 US 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.
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- Martha Parada
- 2018-04-16
Chomsky is a genius.
He is connects the dots and let's you decide what the truth is. Loved it.
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- Randwulfen
- 2019-09-02
American media a sham
Enlightening demonstration on how the American public perception evolved to support it's own corrupt and failing capitalist regime.
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- Louis Bernardi
- 2022-03-03
a slog, but important
3% theory, 90% evidence analysis, 7% conclusion. An important work to understand the pervasiveness of information control. Spread this one out over a long period of time.
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- janssen
- 2020-09-05
Very informative and eye opening.
a must read for those interested in politics and/or media. Will provide a necessary insight that many people today lack.
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- Anonymous User
- 2019-09-14
A very important book about the mass media.
in this book Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky forever destroyed the myth of the "free press".
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- Anonymous User
- 2019-08-12
a staggering indictment of the US media
Givin discussions of " fakenews" this book provides a thorough background of the extraordinary negligence of the US media. the authors follow several case studies of American Foreign Wars and the lack of critical press coverage in print and on television. It reveals an appalling double standard whose primary aim is to build support for American imperialism.
the authors posit a propaganda model for the American Media, and they validate the predictions of this model with several case studies. one drawback of the author's analysis is that it is exclusively focused on Foreign Wars. I would like to have seen more analysis of domestic issues.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2019-04-11
for pros
complicated book. I think it's kinda made more for people who know a lot already about the subject; like journalists.
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- EFM
- 2018-03-24
Eye opening
This was a tough book to Read, but the audio version made it much more digestible.
I've listened to nearly every Chomsky lecture available so not much of this shocked me; but it was very interesting to see it all unpacked like this.
Should be required reading, perhaps in some sort of abbreviated form.
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- jacob robinson
- 2019-02-02
I will watch the news differently
This is a great book and I will be far more critical of the US mass media
15 people found this helpful
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- smac
- 2019-06-16
Didn’t work well in audio format. Book's better
Yes - struggle is a good worrd. The detail is too complex to keep straight while casually listening.
10 people found this helpful
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- Jan D. Leslie
- 2017-07-01
Disturbing view
A well reasoned argument for the argument for a very obedient media and how they help mold public opinion to government ends.
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- Kendall
- 2019-05-09
should be read, not heard
The narrator sounds like a robot doing an excellent impression of a human. This book is probably more absorbable by reading it than by listening to it. Unless you need an auditory sleep aid.
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- J'oli
- 2018-04-18
Eye opening.
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Wow. Literally everything I thought was true about the media, about past wars, about our policies, all lies. I would say this book should be a mandated read in every public high school (at least) but I know that’s not going to happen. But this book is truly a must read for those who truly want to understand the nature and foundations of our manufactured consensus reality.
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- Tianguis Trader
- 2017-12-06
A must read
Provides great insights and a corporate media. Once you learn about the propaganda model you won’t be able to help but see it’s impact on most news channels. And important for anybody watching the news
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- Tom Robbins
- 2017-10-04
Truth in media for once.
Crucial info in ttying to understand dominator culture and it's use of mass media to shape & conttol public opinion.
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- Carlos
- 2019-01-28
Great Work
More important than ever is reading this book essential. Chomskys only fault is he doesn't present a in depth analysis of the media over time. His analysis is only of the U.S media in the late 20rh century. He also provides too many examples and not enough discussion on his propaganda model.
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- Raymond A. Cooper
- 2017-06-09
Actions of our Government Agencies in foreign land
Insightful reading, gained a better understanding of how MSM can promote or deny the actions of our Government Agencies and senior leaders in foreign and domestic actions against the people.
6 people found this helpful