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The Propaganda Model Today: Filtering Perception and Awareness

  • Joan Pedro-Carañana (editor)
  • Daniel Broudy (editor)
  • Jeffery Klaehn (editor)
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TitleThe Propaganda Model Today
SubtitleFiltering Perception and Awareness
ContributorJoan Pedro-Carañana (editor)
Daniel Broudy (editor)
Jeffery Klaehn (editor)
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.16997/book27
Landing pagehttps://uwestminsterpress.co.uk/site/books/10.16997/book27
Licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
CopyrightAuthor(s)
PublisherUniversity of Westminster Press
Publication placeLondon
Published on2018-10-25
ISBN978-1-912656-16-5 (Paperback)
978-1-912656-17-2 (PDF)
978-1-912656-18-9 (EPUB)
978-1-912656-19-6 (MOBI)
Short abstract<p>While the individual elements of the propaganda system (or filters) identified by the Propaganda Model (PM) – ownership, advertising, sources, flak and anti-communism – have previously been the focus of much scholarly attention, their systematisation in a model, empirical corroboration and historicisation have made the PM a useful tool for media analysis across cultural and geographical boundaries.</p><p> Despite the wealth of scholarly research Herman and Chomsky’s work has set into motion over the past decades, the PM has been subjected to marginalisation, poorly informed critiques and misrepresentations. Interestingly, while the PM enables researchers to form discerning predictions as regards corporate media performance, Herman and Chomsky had further predicted that the PM itself would meet with such marginalisation and contempt.</p><p> In current theoretical and empirical studies of mass media performance, uses of the PM continue, nonetheless, to yield important insights into the workings of political and economic power in society, due in large measure to the model’s considerable explanatory power.</p><p></p>
Long abstract<p>While the individual elements of the propaganda system (or filters) identified by the Propaganda Model (PM) – ownership, advertising, sources, flak and anti-communism – have previously been the focus of much scholarly attention, their systematisation in a model, empirical corroboration and historicisation have made the PM a useful tool for media analysis across cultural and geographical boundaries.</p><p> Despite the wealth of scholarly research Herman and Chomsky’s work has set into motion over the past decades, the PM has been subjected to marginalisation, poorly informed critiques and misrepresentations. Interestingly, while the PM enables researchers to form discerning predictions as regards corporate media performance, Herman and Chomsky had further predicted that the PM itself would meet with such marginalisation and contempt.</p><p> In current theoretical and empirical studies of mass media performance, uses of the PM continue, nonetheless, to yield important insights into the workings of political and economic power in society, due in large measure to the model’s considerable explanatory power.</p><p></p>
Print length314 pages (viii+297)
LanguageEnglish (Original)
LCC
  • HM1231.P76
Keywords
  • Propaganda Model
  • media bias
  • Herman and Chomsky
  • filters
  • democracy
  • corporate control
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Contributors

Joan Pedro-Carañana

(editor)
Saint Louis University, Madrid Campus

Daniel Broudy

(editor)

Jeffery Klaehn

(editor)
Independent Scholar