[NetBehaviour] Twenty Years at the Margins:, , The Herman-Chomsky Propaganda Model

[marc garrett]

Politics and History Division, School of Arts and Social Sciences

Presents

Twenty Years at the Margins:

The Herman-Chomsky Propaganda Model

and Critical Media and Communication Studies, 1988-2008

2008 marks the twentieth anniversary of the publication of
Manufacturing Consent by Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky (Pantheon,
1988). In this book, updated and republished in 2002 (Pantheon),
Herman and Chomsky advanced a Propaganda Model to explain media
behaviour in the United States. This study forms part of a proud
tradition of critical media and communication studies, which in
Britain can be traced back to the founding of the Media, Culture and
Society journal in 1979. This one-day conference aims to celebrate the
media analyses of Herman and Chomsky, to critically assess the
application and ongoing relevance of the Propaganda Model in the 21st
century, and to take stock of the achievements of critical media and
communication studies over the past few decades. Keynote speakers will
include James Curran, Alison Edgley, David Miller, Peter Wilkin and
(hopefully) participation in some form by Edward Herman and Noam
Chomsky.

Date: Friday 19 December 2008, 9.30am – 5pm

Venue: Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne

Papers are invited on the following themes:

    * Is the Herman-Chomsky Propaganda Model still relevant?
    * Is the Propaganda Model applicable in the British context?
    * Revising and updating the Propaganda Model for the 21st century
    * Criticism and limitations of the Propaganda Model.
    * The five filters (ownership, advertising, sourcing, flak and ideology).
    * Is the Propaganda Model applicable in terms of alternative and new media?
    * History of critical media and communication studies.
    * Impact and/or neglect of critical media and communication studies.
    * The importance of a political economy framework for media analysis.
    * The impact of the cultural/postmodernist turn on critical media
and communication analysis.



There will be a special issue of the Westminster Papers in
Communication and Culture based on selected papers that are presented
at the conference. This event will also see the launch of the CHOMSKY
STUDY GROUP.

Please submit a detailed paper proposal/abstract (500 words) to Dr
Andy Mullen (email to andrew.mullen at unn.ac.uk or post to Politics and
History Division, Lipman Building, Northumbria University, Newcastle
upon Tyne, NE1 8ST) no later than Friday 12 September 2008. Conference
registration details to follow. To register your interest in
attending, please email Dr Andy Mullen (andrew.mullen at unn.ac.uk).