"] Interesting results. Discussed a bit (along with some others) in a footnote in chapter 5 of my book "Deterring Democracy[" . ] [3] References Chomsky, Noam. Understanding Power: the Indispensable Chomsky. New York: the New Press, 2002. Herman, Edward S. and Chomsky, Noam. Model Search Tennessee Manufacturing Consent: the Political Economy of the Mass Media. New York: Pantheon Books, 1988. "

" The theory postulates five general classes of "filters" that determine the type of news that finally gets published in news media. These five are: Ownership of the medium Medium's funding sources Sourcing Flak Anti-communist ideology The first three (ownership, funding, and sourcing) are generally regarded as being the most important. Although the model was based mainly on the characterization of United States media, Chomsky and Herman believe the theory is equally applicable to any country that shares the basic economic structure and organizing principles which the model postulates as the cause of media biases. The filters Ownership Herman and Chomsky argue that since all mainstream media outlets are embodied in large corporations, which are themselves often part of much larger conglomerates (e. g. Westinghouse or General Electric). Such conglomerates frequently extend beyond traditional media fields, and thus have extensive financial interests that may be endangered when certain information is widely publicized. America Top Model Search Thus, according to this reasoning, news items that most endanger the corporate financial interests that own the media will face the most bias and censorship. The authors claim that the importance of ownership filter is the fact that corporations are subject to shareholder control in the context of a profit-oriented market economy. "