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Beginning with the Creel Commission, the Woodrow Wilson-appointed committee that turned isolationist America into a war-hungry machine, master political analyst Noam Chomsky traces the history of American propaganda. Part of the Open Media Pamphlet Series. Size A. 64 pp. Author tour. Targeted ads.
| Media Control: The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda | 9 | |
| Early History of Propaganda | 11 | |
| Spectator Democracy | 14 | |
| Public Relations | 22 | |
| Engineering Opinion | 30 | |
| Representation As Reality | 35 | |
| Dissident Culture | 38 | |
| Parade of Enemies | 42 | |
| Selective Perception | 46 | |
| The Gulf War | 53 | |
| The Journalist From Mars | 69 | |
| About the Author | 101 | |
| About Seven Stories Press | 101 | |
| About Open Media Pamphlets and Books | 102 |
Anonymous
Posted June 17, 2002
No matter what this previous reviewer claims, this book is worthwhile. It discusses the various government projects that have been used to control public opinion. The book is intriguing, insightful, and honest. The wanton bitterness of the previous reviewer is perhaps credited to his own lack of achievement and resultant spitefulness toward Mr. Chomsky. The book does not use slanted information to persuade readers into thinking one way or the other; it's genuine.(Besides, it's so short that you can go sit at the store and read it quickly; that's what I did.) The lack of reviews can be attributed to the fact that bn.com has had problems with posting reviews. (I received specific directions on how to do so.) But it's much easier to assume that the absence of reviews directly equates to the lack of popularity than to actually think about what this book has to offer. So flock to the nearest B&N today and give it a try.
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Posted January 30, 2002
It was amazing to watch a master of propaganda use every trick of the trade to create his own master propaganda work. This man has no enlightenment to offer but he does a wonderful job of proving that propaganda is not the sole province of the 'media'. Judging from the reviews, he also shows that propaganda is still highly effective! No wonder it's so popular. Thanks, Noam, for a lesson in master manipulation disguised as an exposee of the master manipulators! Incredible!
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Overview
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 ...