Media Manufactured Consent

Media Manufactured Consent

Introduction

Manufactured consent is a film exploring the tenets of Chomsky as stated in his book, manufactured consent: the political economy of mass media. Although the film received high accolades and for a while was considered the best documentary from Canada, there are many who feel that it simply did not communicate the message of Chomsky’s book. Unlike popular belief that the film features ideas by Chomsky where he calls upon mass action and desire to lead some sort of movement, the truth is that the film is all about media criticism. According to Briggs, manufactured consent is all about propaganda designed by…