Title: The Propaganda Model and New Media

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Chomsky argues that the information we receive from traditional broadcast media is heavily influenced by an elite class that have a vested interest in how we see the world. He terms this the propaganda model and listed below are the five associated filters: Ownership, Advertising, Sourcing, Flak, and Anti-communism and fear (now the War on Terror). Is new media able to able to resist these propaganda model filters or does new media succumb to these same pressures? A couple of questions/points you could think about while working through this essay...

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