1st Edition

Propaganda in the Information Age Still Manufacturing Consent

Edited By Alan MacLeod Copyright 2019
182 Pages
by Routledge

182 Pages
by Routledge

182 Pages
by Routledge

Propaganda in the Information Age is a collaborative volume which updates Herman and Chomsky’s propaganda model for the twenty-first-century media landscape and makes the case for the continuing relevance of their original ideas. It includes an exclusive interview with Noam Chomsky himself. 2018 marks 30 years since the publication of Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky’s ground-breaking book... Read more

Introduction: Propaganda in the Information Age, Alan MacLeod

Chapter One: Still Manufacturing Consent: An Interview with Noam Chomsky, Alan MacLeod and Noam Chomsky 

Chapter Two: A Propaganda Model for the twenty-first Century: Structure-Agency Dynamics and the Intersection of Class, Gender and Race, Florian Zollmann

Chapter Three: Assessing the Strength of the Five Filters Today, Alan MacLeod

Chapter Four: Fake News, Russian Bots and Putin’s Puppets, Alan MacLeod

Chapter Five: Deflective Source Propaganda: A Syrian Case Study, Oliver Boyd Barrett

Chapter Six: Expanding the Propaganda Model to the Entertainment Industry: An Interview with Matthew Alford, Alan MacLeod and Matthew Alford

Chapter Seven: Still Compromising News: Obfuscation and Evasion as Dominant Filters in Indian Media’s Coverage of IL&FS Financial Scandal, Tabassum Ruhi Khan

Chapter Eight: International Public Relations and the Propaganda Model: A Critical Analysis of Bollywood Blockbusters, Azmat Rasul

Chapter Nine: Still Manufacturing Consent in the Digital era: Disinformation, "Fake News" and Propaganda in the 2017 Elections in Kenya, Jacinta Mwende Maweu

Chapter Ten: Working Inside the Racket: An Insider’s Perspective to the Elite Media, Matt Kennard

Conclusion: New Media, Same Old Rules, Alan MacLeod

Biography

Alan MacLeod is a member of the Glasgow Media Group and completed his PhD in 2017. His first book, Bad News from Venezuela: Twenty Years of Fake News and Misreporting, was published in 2018. His research interests include propaganda, media theory, social media and Latin American politics.