I would like to start today by wrapping up the discussion about the Vietnam War history and why it matters (notes from last week) and connect it to our figures from earlier:
Burden of Debt:
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- Full interview: John Perkins, Confessions of an Economic Hitman
- [Notes] Resource Curse and the Burden of Debt
- [Documentary] John Pilger (1992), “War By Other Means.”
- Stiglitz (2006): Ch 5 Lifting the Resource Curse | Ch 8 The Burden of Debt
Media and Law:
Start with chapter 1 of Herman, Edward S. and Noam Chomsky (2002, 1988) Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media. New York: Pantheon Books. Then check out the following articles:
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- Herman, E.S. (2000) “The Propaganda Model: a retrospective,” Journalism Studies, 1(1), p. 101-112.
- Chomsky, N. (1997) “What Makes Mainstream Media Mainstream,” Z Magazine, October.
Then watch this documentary, “Manufacturing Consent” (1992) by Mark Achbar and Peter Wintonick, with my accompanying notes. Alternatively, you could start here and then go back and review the readings. Key highlights include (32:50 – 46:05), (2:38:35 – 2:42:53).
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- Chapter 2 in Chernomas, R., & Hudson, I. (2016). The Profit Doctrine: Economists of the Neoliberal Era. Pluto Press.Must read: an important chapter related to the institutional analysis of the education system, specifically the economics discipline.
Then watch this documentary, “Manufacturing Consent” (1992) by Mark Achbar and Peter Wintonick, with my accompanying notes. Alternatively, you could start here and then go back and review the readings. Key highlights include (32:50 – 46:05), (2:38:35 – 2:42:53).
Additional articles that are relevant to this topic, but ones we likely will not have time to discuss:
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- Herman, E.S. (1993) “The Media’s Role in U.S. Foreign Policy,” Journal of International Affairs, 47(1), p. 23-45.
Also check out, my Beginner’s Guide to Media.