![]() “Propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state.” ( ) Thus, this helps me understand a bit about why the media in my country behave in such a way that close to propaganda. Much of the examples happened in the United States, yet the issue resonances with the condition of my country. Its crucial value is that it diverts your attention from a question that does mean something: Do you support our policy?”Ĭhomsky wrote how the media holds such power to manipulate its audiences without them knowing it. Nobody knows what it means, because it doesn’t mean anything. You want to create a slogan that nobody’s going to be against, and everybody’s going to be for. ![]() That’s the whole point of good propaganda. The issue was, Do you support our policy? But you don’t want people to think about that issue. They mean as much as whether you support the people in Iowa. “The point of public relations slogans like “Support our troops” is that they don’t mean anything. "Media Control" is more like a book of example on his concept in "Manufacturing Consent." There are some events that I didn't know the whole story, but this book successfully kept me up to the information. ![]() It has been written over a decade ago yet still not lost its significance. ![]()
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