Full name: Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media

Authors: Edward S. Herman, Noam Chomsky Year: 1988 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Politics, Non Fiction, History, Philosophy Purchase/reserch links: Goodreads Amazon LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780375714498 0375714499

An absolutely brilliant analysis of the ways in which individuals and organizations of the media are influenced to shape the social agendas of knowledge and, therefore, belief. Contrary to the popular conception of members of the press as hard-bitten realists doggedly pursuing unpopular truths, Herman and Chomsky prove conclusively that the free-market economics model of media leads inevitably to normative and narrow reporting. Whether or not you've seen the eye-opening movie, buy this book, and you will be a far more knowledgeable person and much less prone to having your beliefs manipulated as easily as the press. Similar books: Media Control by Noam Chomsky Propaganda and the Public Mind by Noam Chomsky Arrogance by Bernard Goldberg Necessary Illusions by Noam Chomsky What Liberal Media? by Eric Alterman The Exception to the Rulers by Amy Goodman Static by Amy Goodman The Liberty Amendments by Mark R. Levin Liberty and Tyranny by Mark R. Levin Ameritopia by Mark R. Levin The 5000 Year Leap by W. Cleon Skousen Imagined Communities by Benedict Anderson The Naked Communist by W. Cleon Skousen Still the Best Hope by Dennis Prager Discourse on Colonialism by Aime Cesaire Liberal Fascism by Jonah Goldberg Failed States by Noam Chomsky The Assault on Reason by Al Gore The Future of Freedom by Fareed Zakaria