Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992)

11/06/1992 (AU) • 2h 47m

Documentary

A Primer In Intellectual Self-Defense

Overview

A film about the noted American linguist/political dissident and his warning about corporate media's role in modern propaganda.

Top Billed Cast

Mark Achbar

Self - Interviewer

William F. Buckley Jr.

Self (uncredited)

Peter Jennings

Self (uncredited)

Bill Moyers

Self (uncredited)

Tom Wolfe

Self (uncredited)


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

propaganda

media

professor

psychoanalysis

manipulation of the media

political activist

media manipulation

linguist

east timor

fourth estate

media coverage

celebrity interview

media appropriation

social study

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