Propaganda Model

Lambert M. Surhone

ISBN 10: 6130487797 / ISBN 13: 9786130487799

Published by Omniscriptum Mär 2026, 2026

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This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The propaganda model is a theory advanced by Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky that alleges systemic biases in the mass media and seeks to explain them in terms of structural economic causes. First presented in their 1988 book Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media, the 'Propaganda model' views the private media as businesses interested in the sale of a product readers and audiences to other businesses (advertisers) rather than that of quality news to the people. Describing the media's 'societal purpose', Chomsky writes, '. the study of institutions and how they function must be scrupulously ignored, apart from fringe elements or a relatively obscure scholarly literature'. The theory postulates five general classes of 'filters' that determine the type of news that is presented in news media. 108 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Propaganda Model
• Publisher: Omniscriptum Mär 2026
• Publication Date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 6130487797
• ISBN 13: 9786130487799
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 220W x 150H x 7D millimeters 220 millimeters width by 150 millimeters height by 7 millimeters depth
• Weight: 179 grams

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The propaganda model is a theory advanced by Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky that alleges systemic biases in the mass media and seeks to explain them in terms of structural economic causes. First presented in their 1988 book Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media, the Propaganda model" views the private media as businesses interested in the sale of a product — readers and audiences — to other businesses (advertisers) rather than that of quality news to the people. Describing the media''s "societal purpose", Chomsky writes, "... the study of institutions and how they function must be scrupulously ignored, apart from fringe elements or a relatively obscure scholarly literature". The theory postulates five general classes of "filters" that determine the type of news that is presented in news media."