Noam explains how people who control media easily manipulate public opinion and how they give their own version of the reality that does not much the real reality. He also points out how media select subject to talk about and hide some realities and distract the bewildered herd

Disinformation and confusion generated at ever higher levels. And that is the description of the condition more than 20 years ago.Please note that I have put the original German text to the end of this review. Just if you might be interested.An even better understanding and overview of the overall situation can be seen in combination with his second work "Manufacturing Consent."Long after its first publication, the work has lost none of its topicality. Each society returns to already reached poi...

how to make ppl hate each other?mmmm, Noam say it and give a great description control the media full it with all crap you want about bad (soviet's , communism , Islam , Arab , Asia ,etc...) the dial is here in mid-east do this too , but on us speared the fear make them need us , tell them we are the new Christthe one , if we go you will doomed and ppl believe , so when true ppl say no , get up ppl say NOOOO!!!ib TV we trust great book about how the world as*hole who call them self president mak...

When I started this book, I did not realise just how old it is. At the first reference to George Bush needing a new villain, I though, oh this was written before 9/11. And then he referred to Bush and Reagan being pally with Saddam Hussein and realised how off I was. In any case, at this point the contents of this book are not surprising. Just cements my belief that no matter which political party or person you support, keep your eyes and ears open for propoganda and biased reporting.

how politicians and corporation create a deadly combination for democracy.A good and a very short book for propaganda busting in your own head without external need.

I'm familiar with Noam Chomsky's ideas, from references and such, but I hadn't actually read any of his books. Not knowing where to start, I chose this one purely for convenience. Even though the writing could be better - there were lots of repetitions and the writing in general didn't feel properly edited - there's no denying that the ideas he presents are powerful. And very, very important.And yes, I know that a lot of people accuse him of being a conspiracy theorist. Nowadays, anyone who even...

Reading this book is like listening to a diatribe from your favorite professor. You think he is probably right in his conviction that the media is controlling public opinion of the "bewildered herd," but he doesn't present much empirical research. Must be nice to have tenure. This is an important book for anyone studying media theory but I don't think the theories hold quite as much water in the digital age. (Post)modern media is more fragmented and thus public opinion is not as easily controlle...

Read: July 2017Shorter, and more readable than the last Chomsky book I read, I found Media Control thoroughly chilling. He calls the majority of the population (of America, though it can apply anywhere else as well) 'the bewildered herd' - the majority of which are by nature peaceful, and happy to not go to war with other countries. The media's job therefore, is to stir up patriotism with vague slogans like 'support our troops' which of course no one will be against, and to highlight atrocities

While this text has been oxymoronically presented as "an excellent place to start with the anarchist left agenda" and somewhat entertaining as you will find in some balanced comments, one cannot leave this reading without even grasping the importance of Chomsky's overview: It is a must read for those who want to analyze the undermining of History itself by those in power.Those in power, "They", as marginalized people bash while massively filling ballots, are the "intelligent few" in the words Ed...

"That's the whole point of good propaganda. You want to create a slogan that nobody's going to be against, and everybody's going to be for. Nobody knows what it means, because it doesn't mean anything. Its crucial value is that it diverts your attention from a question that does mean something: Do you support our policy? That's the one you're not allowed to talk about."A short but a good book for introducing and giving exemples of the use of propaganda by USA.

(Referring to War Against Terrorism, 2001) Turkey were the first country to offer troops , and the prime minister explained why. This was in gratitude for the fact that the United States alone was willing to pour arms into Turkey-providing eighty percent of their arms in the Clinton years-in order to enable them to expedite some of the worst terrorist atrocities and ethnic cleansing of the 1990s.

This book gives you quite a good idea about how propaganda is used in democracies, with examples we've lived without noticing how media was diverting the bewildered herd.I couldn't rate it more than 3 stars because I needed to read more details about the usage of language, or topics in news bulletins.. etc. Such details that Chomsky didn't discuss it fully in this book.

Taming the bewildered herdBy Mohsin Maqbool ElahiPROPAGANDA has had some spectacular achievements. However, one of the most spectacular has been the control over the media. The book, Media Control: The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda, has been written by Noam Chomsky, who needs no introduction. The first modern government propaganda operation started under the Woodrow Wilson Administration right in the middle of World War I. The Wilson administration set up a government propaganda missio...

Excellent, brave and revealing. A must read for every citizen!

offers an impressionistic account, peppered with anarchist doxa, rather than a serious look at how the corporate media is used by the financial oligarchy to foster their class rule

THIS is the great Chomsky I’ve been hearing so much about? Pitiful- and I’m not overjoyed about the United States, either. My issue is that Mr. Chomsky references several fascinating historical tidbits, without any sources to back his arguments up. This book cites a measly EIGHT footnotes. EIGHT! I think I had more in my second grade essay on the grazing habits of antelope. Try again, Noam.

I guess Chomsky decided that just the briefest knowledge is sufficient for the bewildered herd. Repetitive and all over the place.

I read this for my Propaganda in the Media class which I ADORE, from the content to my awesome professor. If you have the chance to take this class, it's an enlightening experience. This book overviews the modern history of propaganda but is also incredibly relevant to current events happening right now. It was so interesting to learn the theories behind media control and distraction techniques and how they relate to democratic society. It describes democracy itself in two perspectives and one o...

I'll just say one thingfirst read animal farm and than media control and you'll understand the whole media structure and its working for Indian economy.