propaganda model, n.Definitions

The Propaganda model (n.) predicts ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠its own exclusion: if it is wrong it will be dismissed, and if it is right it will be dismissed.

Propaganda model (n.) failed ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠in Indochina only by underestimating: it did not predict subservience so far-reaching and exceptionless.

The Propaganda model (n.) predicts ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠its own exclusion: even proven to the standard of physics, it would stay unmentionable, because discussing it would harm the institutions it describes.

The Propaganda model (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠less a theory than a truism: institutions work in their own interest, or they would not last long.

Propaganda model (n.) predicts ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠its own exclusion: if the media serve power, a theory saying so must be kept out of the debate about the media.

Propaganda model (n.) does ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not claim the media parrot the government; it claims they echo the consensus of powerful elites — including the elites who quarrel with the government over tactics.

The Propaganda model (n.) holds ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠that the media serve interlinked state and corporate power, framing the news to suit privilege and fencing debate accordingly.

Propaganda model (n.) predicts ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠on three levels: how the media behave, how that behavior is debated, and how studies exposing it will be ignored or bitterly condemned.