The classic political study of how elite forces shape mass media.
Edward S Herman and Noam Chomsky investigate how an underlying elite consensus structures mainstream media. Here they skilfully dissect the way in which the marketplace and the economics of publishing significantly shape the news.
This book reveals how issues are framed and topics chosen, and the double standards underlying accounts of free elections, a free press, and governmental repression between Nicaragua and El Salvador; between the Russian invasion of Afghanistan and the American invasion of Vietnam; between the genocide in Cambodia under a pro-American government and genocide under Pol Pot.
What emerges from this ground-breaking work is an account of just how propagandistic our mass media can be, and how we can learn to read them and see their function in a radically new way.
| ISBN: | 9781529944389 |
| Publication date: | 6th November 2025 |
| Author: | Edward S Herman, Noam Chomsky |
| Publisher: | Vintage Classics an imprint of Random House |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 432 pages |
| Genres: |
Media studies Political control and freedoms Media, entertainment, information and communication industries Semiotics / semiology |
The classic political study of how elite forces shape mass media.
Edward S Herman and Noam Chomsky investigate how an underlying elite consensus structures mainstream media. Here they skilfully dissect the way in which the marketplace and the economics of publishing significantly shape the news.
This book reveals how issues are framed and topics chosen, and the double standards underlying accounts of free elections, a free press, and governmental repression between Nicaragua and El Salvador; between the Russian invasion of Afghanistan and the American invasion of Vietnam; between the genocide in Cambodia under a pro-American government and genocide under Pol Pot.
What emerges from this ground-breaking work is an account of just how propagandistic our mass media can be, and how we can learn to read them and see their function in a radically new way.
Manufacturing Consent features in the following genres: Media studies, Political control and freedoms, Media, entertainment, information and communication industries, Semiotics / semiology
Manufacturing Consent is available in Paperback, Ebook
Manufacturing Consent was written by Edward S Herman, Noam Chomsky and published by Vintage Classics an imprint of Random House
Manufacturing Consent has 432 pages
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