The Propaganda Model Revisited

Herman, Edward S.

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“…A range of developments in media and communication regulations, such as cross-media ownership and concentration of media ownership, were seen as contributing factors in the failure of the media in its role. Herman and Chomsky's (1994) criticisms of how the media produces news that fits into the ideology of interest groups were discussed. Furthermore, how the traditional media is struggling to perform its democratic roles in various business models of the newspapers market was discussed.…”

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“…After a review of the role of the media in democracy, the chapter will discuss some of the arguments concerning the crisis of the media, highlighting Herman and Chomsky's (1994) arguments of how the media is influenced to produce news content that eventually fits into the ideologies of interest groups, such as political and military elites. Moreover, it is helpful to discuss how the traditional media is struggling to perform its democratic roles in various models of media business environments, mainly the free-market model of the media business environment.…”

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“…He notes how the British media openly proclaim their support for a specific political party to achieve their own goals. The most severe criticisms of the media perhaps come from Herman and Chomsky (1994), who suggest that media environments in countries, such as the US, cause news content to be heavily biased. They suggest that news production processes are shaped by a range of factors encapsulated by a set of 'filter elements', including 'anticommunism' (for discussions of the filter elements, see Herman and Chomsky, 1994 (Bakker, 2013).…”

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What is citizen journalism? A critical analysis from the perspective of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation

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2013

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“…However, some of the academic debates have, at times, misconstrued the PM as an effects theory, or even lapsed into ad hominem arguments (see Brahm Jr, 2006; also Lang and Lang, 2004). Meanwhile, a tone of indignant exasperation has sometimes become discernible in Herman and Chomsky's rebuttals (Herman, 1999(Herman, , 2000Herman and Chomsky, 2004).…”

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“…Ideally, empirical verification of correlations between the operation of the filters and the predicted content would be required. The emphasis on content has nevertheless remained a prominent (albeit not the only) component of Herman's (1999; and Herman and Chomsky's (2004) responses to academic criticism of the model (e.g. Golding and Murdock, 1991;Lang and Lang, 2004;Schlesinger, 1989).…”

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Market Manipulation? Applying the Propaganda Model to Financial Media Reporting

Thompson

2009

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Herman and Chomsky's Propaganda Model (PM) has emphasized how the various 'filters' can lead to news reports misrepresenting the vested political and economic interests that underpin US foreign policy. However, there has been relatively little attention paid to the implications of the PM for media operations in another key dimension of capitalism: financial markets. Traders require timely and accurate information about changing market conditions. However, financial news announcements influence investor perceptions and sometimes trigger trading activity that reflexively changes the market conditions being reported. The interdependency of financial reporters, traders and analysts means that financial news production cannot be adequately understood in terms of how the PM filters distort media representations of markets. This article aims to critically analyse how financial news/information does not merely represent financial reality but reflexively constitutes it. The analysis will also highlight which aspects of financial news production are consistent with the PM as well as those that contradict it. Background: Propaganda Model DebatesThere can be little doubt that the Propaganda Model (hereafter PM) developed by Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky (1988) has been one of the most influential and controversial media theories to come out of North America. The PM's basic proposition is that news media coverage is systematically shaped in favour of elite state and corporate interests by the operation of five structural 'filters'. These include ownership arrangements, reliance on advertising revenue, dependency on elite sources, concern to avoid 'flak' (in the form of complaints, lawsuits, career penalization and so forth) and ideological conformity (originally anti-communism, but subsequent revisions include pro-neoliberalism and anti-terrorism).

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Global Media and Communication Policy

Iosifidis¹

2011

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Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication This volume would not have been written without the generous sabbatical scheme of the Department of Sociology, City University London, which allowed me to take research time. I would like to express my gratitude to the anonymous reviewers of the book proposal for their welcome comments and suggestions at the beginning of this effort. I am indebted to Cees Hamelink for providing the Guest Foreword and to Robert Picard, Marc Raboy, Philip Napoli and Terry Flew for writing the blurbs for the back cover. I am also very grateful to

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The Propaganda Model Revisited

Cited by 31 publications

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What is citizen journalism? A critical analysis from the perspective of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation

What is citizen journalism? A critical analysis from the perspective of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation

Market Manipulation? Applying the Propaganda Model to Financial Media Reporting

Global Media and Communication Policy

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