Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media

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"Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media" is a seminal work of media criticism that argues mainstream news outlets serve elite interests by shaping and filtering information to manufacture public consent for prevailing power structures.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
non-fiction book
work of media criticism
academicDiscipline media studies
political economy of communication
sociology
adaptationType documentary film
adaptedAs Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media
arguesThat mainstream media serve elite interests
mass media manufacture consent for government and corporate policies
news content is filtered through structural factors
author Edward S. Herman
Noam Chomsky
centralConcept propaganda model
countryOfOrigin United States
criticizes corporate media
state-aligned media narratives
firstEditionFormat hardcover
focusesOn United States mass media system
genre communication studies
political science
hasCaseStudy coverage of Central America
coverage of East Timor
coverage of the Vietnam War
hasEdition revised edition
includesConcept advertising as primary income source
anti-communism and ideology as control mechanisms
flak as a means of disciplining the media
ownership of the media
sourcing of mass media news
influenced critical journalism
media studies
political communication research
language English
mediaType print
notableFor introduction of the propaganda model framework
systematic critique of liberal media
proposes five filters of the propaganda model
publicationYear 1988
publisher Pantheon Books
subject United States politics
elite power
mass media
media bias
news media
political economy
propaganda
public opinion
titleOrigin concept of manufacturing consent by Walter Lippmann

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Avram Noam Chomsky ("Manufacturing Consent")
Edward S. Herman
Edward S. Herman
Noam Chomsky
notableWork
Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media ("Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media")
adaptedAs
South End Press ("Manufacturing Consent")
hasNotableWork
Beyond Hypocrisy ("Manufacturing Consent")
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The Real Terror Network ("Manufacturing Consent")
relatedWork
Corporate Control, Corporate Power ("Manufacturing Consent")
relatedWorkOfAuthor
Edward S. Herman
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