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Manufacturing Consent

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Manufacturing Consent
Full titleManufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media
AuthorEdward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky
Published1988
Pages412
RecommendedOnce
BuyAmazon
Why it’s on the listHerman and Chomsky’s propaganda model of the press — ownership, advertising, sourcing, flak and ideology as five filters that shape what gets reported, argued case by case.

Where I heard about it

  • The replies to @WillManidis — named in his thread asking “what is the single best book you can read that will explain an entire industry?” (June 2025); the full set of replies is on what is the single best book… (tweet).

Connections

  • Media — The industry the book explains.
  • Propaganda — The model the book is named for.
  • Journalism — The practice under examination.
  • Advertising — One of the five filters.
  • what is the single best book… (tweet) — the thread this recommendation came from.
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