Chomsky, Noam <br/><br/>
Media control :  the spectacular achievements of propaganda 
 Spectacular achievements of propaganda 
Noam Chomsky 
 - 2nd ed. 
 - New York :  Seven Stories Press,  c2002. 
 - 105 p. ;  18 cm. 
 - Open media book .
<br/><br/> "An open media book." 
<br/><br/>Early history of propaganda --<br/>Spectator democracy --<br/>Public relations --<br/>Engineering opinion --<br/>Representation as reality --<br/>Dissident culture --<br/>Parade of enemies --<br/>Selective perception --<br/>Gulf War --<br/>Journalist from Mars. 
<br/><br/> Chomsky 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 what 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 "suceeded, 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781583225363 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Propaganda<br/>Propaganda--United States<br/>Mass media and propaganda<br/>Mass media--Political aspects<br/>Mass media and public opinion
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>320.014 CH ME