Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media

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Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media (about to German: establish consensus: The Political Economy of the Mass Media ) is a monograph by Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky , which was first published in 1988. The main thesis is that the US mass media are “effective and powerful ideological institutions that fulfill a propaganda function that sustains the system. They rely on market forces, internalized assumptions and self-censorship . There is no overt compulsion. Mass media operate in the manner of the propaganda model of communication. "

Chomsky pays tribute to Alex Carey , the Australian social psychologist , for initiating this work, which is why he and Herman dedicated the book to Carey. In 1992, four years after the first publication, a documentary for the cinema was completed: Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992) (German: Die Konsensfabrik. Noam Chomsky und die Medien ). The documentation portrays the propaganda model, the culture industry and Chomsky's biography.

The propaganda model has since been used for a large number of sociological and communication studies and is considered by critical social and communication scientists as a useful basic work and internationally repeatedly empirically confirmed model for investigating the functioning of mass media in capitalist societies.

Title of the book

The title "Manufacturing Consent" is taken from the book " Public Opinion " by Walter Lippman . Walter Lippman was one of the most influential political theorists of the 20th century. He saw the creation of a unified opinion ("manufacturing consent") as one of the main tasks of decision-makers and the mass media, while in a democratic society decisions should be reserved for a "specialized class".

The propaganda model of communication

The propaganda model represents five filters that change the representation of the original event and that take effect in modern mass media. These include the economic dominance and profit interests of the dominant media groups, consideration for the business interests of advertisers, news agencies, outside influence and ideological blinkers such as anti-communism.

Government and news dissemination

The editing of a medium depends on private and public news sources. In the absence of sympathy, it is subtly excluded from access to crucial information. As a result, the medium loses customers and, as a consequence of the declining number of recipients, advertising revenues also decline, as advertising customers no longer consider the investment to be promising. This financial jeopardy to the existence of the media company makes media corporations more positive about government activity and corporate governance in order to stay in business.

reception

In the social, media and communication sciences, Manufacturing Consent is a useful basic work and is widely used internationally to investigate mass media reporting.

  • In 2006 the Turkish government prosecuted Fatih Tas, the owner of Aram Verlag, two editors and the translator of the 2001 revised version of Manufacturing Consent for “arousing public hatred” (under Article 216 of the Turkish Criminal Code and for “degrading the national identity” of Turkey under Article 301 ). The introduction to the Turkish translation refers to the portrayal of the repression of the Kurds in Turkey in the public media. All of the defendants were acquitted.
  • In 2007 a conference took place: 20 Years of Propaganda ?: Critical Discussions & Evidence on the Ongoing Relevance of the Herman & Chomsky Propaganda Model (May 15-17, 2007). At the University of Windsor , Ontario , Herman and Chomsky presented the developments in the propaganda model.
  • In 2008 Chomsky commented on the extent to which blogs or self-reports correspond to the propaganda model. He also emphasized the importance of the interpretive framework conveyed with the messages.

See also

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Edward S. Herman, Noam Chomsky: Manufacturing Consent . Reprint edition. Pantheon Books, New York 2002, ISBN 978-0-375-71449-8 , pp. 306 .
  2. ^ Noam Chomsky: Class Warfare. Pluto Press 1996, p. 29.
  3. ^ Jeffery Klaehn, Independent Scholar, CA: The Propaganda Model Today: Filtering Perception and Awareness . University of Westminster Press, 2018, ISBN 978-1-912656-16-5 , doi : 10.16997 / book27 ( uwestminsterpress.co.uk [accessed March 29, 2019]).
  4. ^ Noam Chomsky: Media Control, the Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda. 1997.
  5. Jeffery Klaehn, Daniel Broudy, Joan Pedro Carañana: The propaganda model Today: Filtering Perception and Awareness . University of Westminster Press, 2018, ISBN 978-1-912656-16-5 ( oapen.org [accessed January 18, 2019]).
  6. Daren Butler: Turkish publisher faces prosecution over Chomsky book . Reuters. July 4, 2006. Retrieved July 12, 2006.
  7. ^ Turks acquitted over Chomsky book . BBC News. December 20, 2006. Retrieved December 20, 2006.
  8. ^ Authors @ Google: Noam Chomsky. youtube.com, May 2, 2008, accessed August 24, 2016 (video).