manufacturing consent
Shaping public thought
Manufacturing consent is the process of shaping public opinion through media, propaganda, or institutional messaging so that people support policies or systems that may not serve their interests.
The phrase comes from Walter Lippmann and was popularized by Noam Chomsky and Edward Herman's 1988 book analyzing how mass media serves elite agendas.
The campaign was accused of manufacturing consent for the war.
- propagandaBiased information for influence
- mass mediaLarge-scale communication channels
- mediaInformation distribution channels
- manipulationUnderhanded control of others
- persuasionConvincing through reasoning
Chomsky · thought control · indoctrination · spin · narrative · complicity · docile · obedience · engineering · acquiescence · coercion · conformity · hegemony · ruling class · spectacle · dissent · silencing · gatekeeping
manufacturing consentparticipatory democracy
Governance through active citizen involvement
grassroots organizing · democratic discourse · citizen journalism · consciousness raising
manufacturing consentpress freedom
Right to publish uncensored
free press · independent media · intellectual freedom · marketplace of ideas · truth-telling
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