CHAPTER 8: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF THE MEDIA

Herman and Chomsky's Propaganda Model

a model they have used to check the various political-economic implications of mass media, there are several filters to use in relation with the topic to check the propaganda machine of mass media.

Herman and Chomsky's Propaganda Model.

First filter: Size, Ownership and Profit orientation

Second filter: Advertising as the primary income source of mass media

Third filter: Reliance of the media on the information provided by the government

Size, Concentrated ownership, Owner wealth, Profit orientation. Advertising as the primary income source of mass media. Reliance of the media on the information provided by the government

What are the 3 filters of Herman and Chomsky's Propaganda Model

Economic Power

Size, Ownership and Profit orientation is an example of __________

Political and Economic Power

Advertising as the primary income source of mass media is an example of ___________

Political Power

Reliance of the media on the information provided by the government

monopoly of sources

Limited information sources controlled by media.

monopoly of sources.

There are limited sources by which media can get information, they control whatever is going in and out of the information tube.

media company

media is used to create a certain agenda on its viewers, and the resulting relationship is a political one wherein the one controlling here is the ____________ or institution.

democratization of media via the internet

To break the monopoly of media conglomerates on the information flow can be attributed with the ______________________________.

viewers

______ are made to report on a first-hand account of a storm surge or anything, and send the clip via internet instead of sending a real and trained reporter to check out the situation.

first-hand account

viewers are made to report on a _____________ of a storm surge or anything, and send the clip via internet instead of sending a real and trained reporter to check out the situation.