{"product_id":"manufacturing-consent-edward-s-herman","title":"Manufacturing Consent (Edward S Herman)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe classic political study of how elite forces shape mass media.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEdward S Herman and Noam Chomsky investigate how an underlying elite consensus structures mainstream media. Here they skilfully dissect the way in which the marketplace and the economics of publishing significantly shape the news.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book reveals how issues are framed and topics chosen, and the double standards underlying accounts of free elections, a free press, and governmental repression between Nicaragua and El Salvador; between the Russian invasion of Afghanistan and the American invasion of Vietnam; between the genocide in Cambodia under a pro-American government and genocide under Pol Pot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat emerges from this ground-breaking work is an account of just how propagandistic our mass media can be, and how we can learn to read them and see their function in a radically new way.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdward S. Herman\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Finance at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Among his books are \u003ci\u003eCorporate Control\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCorporate Power\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Real Terror Network: Terrorism in Fact and Propaganda\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eDemonstration Elections: U. S.-Staged Elections in the Dominican Republic, Vietnam and El Salvador\u003c\/i\u003e (with Frank Brodhead) and \u003ci\u003eThe Rise and Fall of the Bulgarian Connection\u003c\/i\u003e (with Frank Brodhead).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNoam Chomsky\u003c\/b\u003e is Institute Professor in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston. A member of the American Academy of Science, he has published widely in both linguistics and current affairs. His previous books include \u003ci\u003eAt War with Asia, American Power and the New Mandarins\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFor Reasons of State, Peace in the Middle East?\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTowards a New Cold War, Fateful Triangle: The U. S., Israel and the Palestinians, Pirates and Emperors, The Culture of Terrorism\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNecessary Illusions\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format paperback, Englisch, 464 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65989416616285,"sku":"K010366043","price":13.1,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/1036604300001A.jpg?v=1790065212","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/manufacturing-consent-edward-s-herman","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}