Propaganda Model

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In the "Propaganda Model", Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky focus on the inequalities of wealth and power and its effects on the media at different levels. It allows the government and dominant private corporations and holdings to influence the public through a set of five filters, which make up the propaganda model. I. The first filter: Size, Ownership, and Profit Orientation of the Mass Media Ownership of national media by a small number of very …

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…to view. The television is the main source for news and home entertainment; it is the most direct and influential form of media today. The target audience that is generated by the program influences what is shown on television, so advertisers (corporate America) can influence, sell goods and services to viewers, and control the opinions of the viewers, to generate more capital and power at the expense of the working class in a Capitalist society.