Manufacturing consent : the political economy of the mass media / Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky.

By:

Herman, Edward S

Contributor(s):

Chomsky, Noam

Material type:

TextPublication details: New York : Pantheon Books, 2002.Description: 412 p. ; 23 cmISBN:

9780375714498

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

302.23

Contents:

Ch. 1. A propaganda model -- Ch. 2. Worthy and unworthy victims -- Ch. 3. Legitimizing versus meaningless third world elections: El Salvador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua -- Ch. 4. The KGB_Burgarian plot to kill the Pope: free-market disinformation as "news" -- Ch. 5. The Indochina wars (I): Vietnam -- Ch. 6. The Indochina wars (II): Laos and Cambodia -- Ch. 7. Conclusion.

Summary: Shows 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.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	Marbella International University Centre Library	302.23 HER man (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	10052

Includes index.

Ch. 1. A propaganda model --
Ch. 2. Worthy and unworthy victims --
Ch. 3. Legitimizing versus meaningless third world elections: El Salvador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua --
Ch. 4. The KGB_Burgarian plot to kill the Pope: free-market disinformation as "news" --
Ch. 5. The Indochina wars (I): Vietnam --
Ch. 6. The Indochina wars (II): Laos and Cambodia --
Ch. 7. Conclusion.

Shows 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.

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