MEDIA CONTROL, SECOND EDITION: THE SPECTACULAR ACHIEVEMENTS OF PROPAGANDA
Book ID/图书代码： 12070014B76401
English Summary/英文概要： Noam Chomsky’s backpocket classic on wartime propaganda and opinion control begins by asserting two models of democracy—one in which the public actively participates, and one in which the public is manipulated and controlled. According to Chomsky, "propaganda is to democracy as the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state," and the mass media is the primary vehicle for delivering propaganda in the United States. From an examination of how Woodrow Wilson’s Creel Commission "succeeded, within six months, in turning a pacifist population into a hysterical, war-mongering population," to Bush Sr.’s war on Iraq, Chomsky examines how the mass media and public relations industries have been used as propaganda to generate public support for going to war. Chomsky further touches on how the modern public relations industry has been influenced by Walter Lippmann’s theory of "spectator democracy," in which the public is seen as a "bewildered herd" that needs to be directed, not empowered; and how the public relations industry in the United States focuses on "controlling the public mind," and not on informing it. Media Control is an invaluable primer on the secret workings of disinformation in democratic societies.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 诺姆·乔姆斯基对战时宣传和控制舆论宣称民主主张的两个模式的经典论述，一个是公众的积极参与,而另一个是对公共的操纵和控制。(Sandy)
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About the Author/作者介绍： 作为世界一流学府麻省理工学院的语言学和哲学教授，诺姆·乔姆斯基（Noam Chomsky）被公认为当代杰出的语言学家、哲学家、思想家和政论家，是当代反对西方霸权主义的泰斗，并因此被誉为“最伟大的持不同政见者”。数十年来，他一直出于知识分子的良知，坚持批判西方的新自由主义和民主制度的伪善，尤其是批评西方大国（特别是美国）的霸权主义行径。每当国际政治格局发生重大变化时，西方知识界往往率先关注他的表现。例如“9·11”事件之后他接受了几乎所有世界著名媒体的专访，对美国政府的外交政策予以严厉的批评。他对时事精辟独到的见解、对美国政治入木三分的批判，一直受到西方政治界和知识界的极大关注，他的著作也在西方知识精英群体中拥有广泛的读者和支持者。Noam Chomsky 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 books include At War with Asia, Towards a New Cold War, Fateful Triangle: The U. S., Israel and the Palestinians, Necessary Illusions, Hegemony or Survival, Deterring Democracy, Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy and Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media.
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