“We cannot study the media apart from the context of their economic, political, historical, [technological] and cultural relationships.” (Grossberg et al 1998:7). Today the media plays a massive role in our lives. Yet we do not often question the ideologies that are put forth. In studying the media it is imperative we take into account the political and economic relationships operating. As this essay will discuss, it is the relationships between these two, namely governments and …showed first 75 words of 2023 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2023 total…New York: St Martins Press Inc. Chomsky, N. (1998). A Propaganda Model. In Herman, E.S & N. Chomsky, manufacturing consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media, New York: Pantheon Books, (pp 1-35). Golding, P., & Murdock, G. (1996). Culture, Communications and Political Economy. In J. Curran & M Gurevitch (Eds), Mass Media and society (2nd ed., pp 11-30). London: Edward Arnold Grossberg, L., Wartella, E & Whitney, D C. (1998). Media making. Thousand Oaks, Ca: Sage. (pp. 89-105) WORD COUNT 2042