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Product Identifiers

PublisherHouse of Anansi Press

ISBN-100887845746

ISBN-139780887845741

eBay Product ID (ePID)2609834

Product Key Features

Book TitleNecessary Illusions

Number of Pages432 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1995

TopicPolitical Process / Media & Internet, Media Studies, Civil Rights, Censorship, Political Ideologies / Democracy

GenrePolitical Science, Social Science

AuthorNoam Chomsky

Book SeriesThe Cbc Massey Lectures

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.3 in

Item Weight15.5 Oz

Item Length8.6 in

Item Width5.6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition21

Number of Volumes1 vol.

Dewey Decimal302.23

SynopsisIn his national bestselling 1988 CBC Massey Lectures, Noam Chomsky inquires into the nature of the media in a political system where the population cannot be disciplined by force and thus must be subjected to more subtle forms of ideological control. Specific cases are illustrated in detail, using the U.S. media primarily but also media in other societies. Chomsky considers how the media might be democratized (as part of the general problem of developing more democratic institutions) in order to offer citizens broader and more meaningful participation in social and political life. Noam Chomsky considers how a democratized media could give us more meaningful participation in social and political life., In his national bestselling 1988 CBC Massey Lectures, Noam Chomsky inquires into the nature of the media in a political system where the population cannot be disciplined by force and thus must be subjected to more subtle forms of ideological control. Specific cases are illustrated in detail, using the U.S. media primarily but also media in other societies. Chomsky considers how the media might be democratized (as part of the general problem of developing more democratic institutions) in order to offer citizens broader and more meaningful participation in social and political life., In his 1988 CBC Massey Lecture, Noam Chomsky inquires into the nature of the media in a political system where the population cannot be disciplined by force and thus must be subjected to more subtle forms of ideological control. Specific cases are illustrated in detail, using the U.S. media primarily but also media in other societies. Chomsky considers how the media might be democratized (as part of the general problem of developing more democratic institutions) in order to offer citizens broader and more meaningful participation in social and political life., Noam Chomsky considers how a democratized media could give us more meaningful participation in social and political life.