Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media
by Edward S. Herman, Noam Chomsky
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Uno de los libros que más me gustó de Chomsky, quizá porque está escrito en los años 80 y tiene ejemplos sacados de la política de Reagan (Nicaragua, Irán...). El título inglés mola diez millones de años luz más que el español ("Los guardianes de la libertad"), que está diciendo: "Soy un boyscout de la política y le pongo a mis traducciones títulos de taquillazo de Hollywood."
El libro va del control monopolístico de los grandes medios de comunicación en O...more
El libro va del control monopolístico de los grandes medios de comunicación en O...more
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Read in January, 1999
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Every citizen of an industrial democracy
This was one of the books that had a great impact on my life. It's an amazing and comprehensive exploration of the origin, development and operation of the modern media. The authors come at this material from the standpoint that the media functions primarily as a powerful tool for social control. The world view presented in the media is essentially that of the ruling classes and the rest of us plebes are locked out of it all. We are passive consumers of the bullshit being fed to us by large corp...more
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Read in October, 2007
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Perhaps the most important book any journalism student could read. the first four points made in the book outlining the Propaganda Model, being the most important. the fifth, addressing communist paranoia could better be interpreted as implementation of fear tactics with the purpose of further marginalizing the public, which was applied alarmingly after 9-11. i'll be introducing the PM to my dad's american government class next week in a lecture.....and in my research of methods used in teachi...more
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A superb read on the media and the propaganda machine within our so-called "democratic" or "free" society. Meticulously researched and cited this book gave me mental push-ups for about 6 months while I chugged through it. Accessible in some areas, daunting in others, this book has a tremendous amount to offer. Not for the feint of heart. If you haven't read Chomsky before, I'd recommend listening to his lectures and/or reading some of his shorter works. I felt smarter and stu...more
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This is probably one of the most important books I've ever read and I think it's changed me permanently. In a democratic society, the powerful rule the masses by controlling the information the masses can get, thereby seeding any vote. I read this book in the very early parts of the latest gulf war and have been able to watch the goings-on through that lens. It's been shocking to see how right Chomsky was.
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Read in June, 2000
Essential reading in an age of deceptive marketing practices, and the illusion of choice when it comes to things that actually matter in our lives. You'll never view an ad or listen to a pundit or politician the same way again.
Corporations and crooked politicians will dismiss Noam Chomsky as a dangerous socialist. What they are really afraid of is the threat of an informed electorate.
Corporations and crooked politicians will dismiss Noam Chomsky as a dangerous socialist. What they are really afraid of is the threat of an informed electorate.
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Read in April, 2008
Reading this was really saddening...it makes me remember/feel that most people (myself included) have very little ability/control to manage their ideology. The book also displayed my embarrassing ignorance of Vietnam and the Indochina wars. I wonder how propaganda has changed over the last 20 years since this book was published (and how these theories apply to our current environment).
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Read in January, 2004
The laying out of the "Propaganda Model" at the beginning of the book I found incredibly thought provoking, and that alone made the book worth reading to me. The rest of the book is, well, basically a very long, detailed presentation of examples to support this model. A lot of great examples, good arguments, but towards the end I got bored.
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Read in October, 1995
If you can slog through it (not that it's written poorly, it's just that the subjects that are covered have, to most people, the intrinsic appeal of lint analysis) you will be rewarded with a new way to look at the mass media and a new framework with which you can apply your own critical analysis.
Congratulations.
Congratulations.
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Truly an an insightful look into the media that is pervasive in our society. Very unsettling as to how the underlying intent is not to provide an objective look at the news, but for the corporatons that own so much of the media driving their hidden agendas. This book was paramount in shaping my view of the world.
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Read in January, 1996
I read this book many years ago. It has had a profound impact on my thinking and research, and got me interested in media studies. It's a must-read classic which shows how massive, detailed data analysis driven by a set of important guiding questions can lead to powerful conclusions about media manipulation.
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i read this book as part of a bet cause my boyfriend didn't think i had the endurance for it. but i proved him wrong and he had to take me out to dinner. yummy!! oh, and i also had to write a ten page analysis of it to prove that i'd actually read it cause he didn't believe me. totally worth it.
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Will be even more important when 20 years from now the quality of american media has fallen to truly unacceptable levels. Relevant now considering the recent moves of media consolidation in congress. Makes a very compelling argument that a quality media is essential to a functional Democracy.
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Chomsky tends to have a bias toward reality (I didn't make that up, I read it somewhere.)
His books are interesting reads because they're consistent and the content and reasoning fits together, and a have an optimistic tone. But Chomsky always stops at a certain point.
His books are interesting reads because they're consistent and the content and reasoning fits together, and a have an optimistic tone. But Chomsky always stops at a certain point.
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Read in January, 2007
A great book into the inner-workings of mass media around the world, but specifically within the United States. The book can get bogged down with a bit too much fact, but after reading this you will no longer believe the tripe about the "liberal" media in this country.
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Read in March, 1999
Herman and Chomsky's classic analysis of the intersection of government, business, and media and how these work together to shape attitudes and beliefs about reality in order to drive a political agenda. You'll never read the newspaper the same way again.
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Read in February, 2006
Amazing argument. Breaks down the media system and the theory of the propoganda model is absolutely revealing in every respect. Although very dense at times, it is a very needed book. I also recommend the canadian documentary based on this book.
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Read in January, 2001
Still the best book I've seen on the American media. mostly because it lays out a model by which any major media outlet could easily prove it's conclusions wrong, and yet all these years after its publication none has.
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Informative and very convincing, not to mention rigorous. The propaganda model proposed by Herman and Chomsky is a brilliant explanation of how western media, particularly in the US, functions.
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