Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/11/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think the section on the Vietnam war is particularly interesting (from what I recall, I read it some years ago). The role of the media in changing hearts and minds at home was not quite as it is often thought to be, especially by photographers looking back in nostalgia to the great days of PJ. Herman also wrote a terrific series of essays for ZNET about the structural "bias" in the media's reporting of the ME conflict, which reprises many of the themes in Manufacturing Consent, amnd takes them a bit further IMO. One thing I would say, is that MF is a bit too materialistic in its "propaganda model" approach; it doesn't really give the ideological (hegemonic) aspects enough weight. After all, the consumers have to be conditioned at other levels to consume. But as an analysis of the purely external apects, it's fascinating. - -- Rob http://www.robertappleby.com Mobile: (+39) 348 336 7990 Home: (+39) 0536 63001 All outgoing email scanned by Norton AntiVirus (TM) 2003 Professional Edition. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phong" <phong@doan-ltd.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 1:33 PM Subject: RE: [Leica] Journalism, altered photo's, and other ethical debates > Do I really have to read Chomsky's again ? :-) > I'll give it a try. It'd be really ironical if I > should agree with what he says. > > - Phong > > Rob Appleby wrote: > > > > The seminal text is of course Chomsky and Herman's Manufacturing Consent. > > Although I'm not in any sense a news photographer, I think awareness of > > these issues is mandatory for anyone involved in photography at any level. > > > > -- Rob > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html