 | Media Control, Second Edition: The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda (Open Media Series)
By Noam Chomsky
ISBN: 9781583225363
Published: 2002
Number of Pages: 112
Edition: 2nd
Binding: Paperback |
Pricing & Availability:Additional Details:
Product Type: Book
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
Description: Noam Chomsky’s backpocket classic on wartime propaganda and opinion control begins by asserting two models of democracy—one in which the public actively participates, and one in which the public is manipulated and controlled. According to Chomsky, "propaganda is to democracy as the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state," and the mass media is the primary vehicle for delivering propaganda in the United States. From an examination of how Woodrow Wilson’s Creel Commission "succeeded, within six months, in turning a pacifist population into a hysterical, war-mongering population," to Bush Sr.'s war on Iraq, Chomsky examines how the mass media and public relations industries have been used as propaganda to generate public support for going to war. Chomsky further touches on how the modern public relations industry has been influenced by Walter Lippmann’s theory of "spectator democracy," in which the public is seen as a "bewildered herd" that needs to be directed, not empowered; and how the public relations industry in the United States focuses on "controlling the public mind," and not on informing it. Media Control is an invaluable primer on the secret workings of disinformation in democratic societies.From the Audiobook Download edition. |
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1583225366:
1583225366 (pbk.)::
1583225366 : - Terms of availability:
$8.95Geographic Area Code:
n-us---Library of Congress Call Number
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HM263 - Item number:
.C447 2002Main Entry - Personal Name
- Personal name:
Chomsky, Noam - Personal name:
Chomsky, Noam.Title Statement
- Title:
Media control : - Remainder of title:
the spectacular achievements of propaganda / - Remainder of title:
the spectacular achievements of propaganda / - Statement of responsibility, etc.:
Noam Chomsky. - Statement of responsibility, etc.:
Noam Chomsky - Statement of responsibility, etc.:
Noam Chomsky.Varying Form of Title
- Title proper/short title:
Spectacular achievements of propaganda - Title proper/short title:
Spectacular achievements of propaganda.Edition Statement:
2nd ed:
2nd ed.Publication, Distribution, etc. (Imprint)
- Place of publication, distribution, etc.:
New York : - Place of publication, distribution, etc.:
New York, NY: - Name of publisher, distribution, etc.:
Seven Stories Press, - Name of publisher, distribution, etc.:
Seven Stories Press, - Date of publication, distribution, etc.:
2002. - Date of publication, distribution, etc.:
c2002 - Date of publication, distribution, etc.:
c2002.Physical Description
- Extent:
103 p. ; - Dimensions:
18 cm. - Dimensions:
18 cm - Dimensions:
18 cm.Series Statement/Added Entry - Title:
An open media book:
Open media pamphlet series:
Open media pamphlet series ;:
The open media pamphlet series ;:
7:
7.Series Statement:
An open media book:
An open media book.:
The open media pamphlet series ; - Volume/sequential designation:
7.Bibliography, etc. Note
- Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references.Formatted Contents Note:
Early history of propaganda -- Spectator democracy -- Public relations -- Engineering opinion -- Representation as reality -- Dissident culture -- Parade of enemies -- Selective perception -- Gulf War -- Journalist from Mars.:
Early history of propaganda -- Spectator democracy -- Public relations -- Engineering opinion -- Representation as reality -- Dissident culture -- Parade of enemies -- Selective perception -- Gulf War -- Journalist from Mars.:
Journalist from Mars:
Journalist from Mars.:
Media control : the spectacular achievements of propaganda -- The journalist from Mars. - Title:
Dissident culture -- - Title:
Early history of propaganda -- - Title:
Engineering opinion -- - Title:
Gulf War -- - Title:
Journalist from Mars. - Title:
Parade of enemies -- - Title:
Public relations -- - Title:
Representation as reality -- - Title:
Selective perception -- - Title:
Spectator democracy --Local Notes:
1Subject Added Entry - Topical Term
- Topical term or geographic name entry element:
Mass media - Topical term or geographic name entry element:
Mass media and propaganda - Topical term or geographic name entry element:
Mass media and propaganda. - Topical term or geographic name entry element:
Mass media and public opinion - Topical term or geographic name entry element:
Mass media and public opinion. - Topical term or geographic name entry element:
Propaganda - Topical term or geographic name entry element:
Propaganda. - General subdivision:
Political aspects - General subdivision:
Political aspects. - Geographic subdivision:
United States - Geographic subdivision:
United States.Added Entry - Personal Name
- Personal name:
Chomsky, Noam - Personal name:
Chomsky, Noam. - Personal name:
Chomsky, Noan. - Title of a work:
Journalist from Mars - Title of a work:
Journalist from Mars.Series Added Entry - Uniform Title
- Uniform title:
Open Media book - Uniform title:
Open media book. - Uniform title:
Open media pamphlet series ; - Volume/sequential designation:
7.
