The Myth of the Liberal Media: An Edward Herman Reader
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Description
Using a propaganda model, The Myth of the Liberal Media contends that the mainstream media are parts of a market system, are shaped primarily by proprietor/owner and advertiser interests, and protect and propagandize for the corporate system.
Product Details
Price
$43.68
Publisher
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Publish Date
January 11, 2000
Pages
330
Dimensions
6.04 X 9.07 X 0.87 inches | 1.23 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780820441863
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About the Author
Edward S. Herman is Professor Emeritus of Finance, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley. Among his books are Corporate Control, Corporate Power; The Real Terror Network; Beyond Hypocrisy: Decoding the News in an Age of Propaganda; and Manufacturing Consent (with Noam Chomsky).
Reviews
Edward Herman's invaluable studies of the media in market-oriented democracies find their natural place in the broader sweep of contemporary history.
Herman quotes James Madison's observation in later life that 'a popular government without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce or tragedy, or perhaps both'. The observation is apt; formal guarantees of personal freedom do not suffice to prevent the farce or the tragedy, even if the guarantees are observed. These issues, explored and illuminated in (these) essays..., should be at the center of the concerns of those who seek to create a society that is more free and more just. (From the Preface by Noam Chomsky)
Herman quotes James Madison's observation in later life that 'a popular government without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce or tragedy, or perhaps both'. The observation is apt; formal guarantees of personal freedom do not suffice to prevent the farce or the tragedy, even if the guarantees are observed. These issues, explored and illuminated in (these) essays..., should be at the center of the concerns of those who seek to create a society that is more free and more just. (From the Preface by Noam Chomsky)
