![]() Chomsky and Herman 1988:1Īs such Chomsky and Herman operate within the tradition of Marxist critique of mass media as ideological propaganda whose purpose is not to inform rational critical societal debate, but to naturalise the ideology of the ruling classes. ![]() In a world of concentrated wealth and major conflicts of class interest, to fulfil this role requires systematic propaganda. ![]() It is their function to amuse, entertain, and inform, and to inculcate individuals with the values, beliefs, and codes of behaviour that will integrate them into the institutional structures of the larger society. The mass media serve as a system for communicating messages and symbols to the general populace. ![]()
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