= Propaganda == filters what is published acc. to Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky: • Ownership • Advertising • media elite: journalists rely on public sources but they try to influence journalists • flak: difficulty for a journalist to stray from the consensus because flak is received - today called “shitstorm” • common enemy / ideology: especially in extreme situations, it is difficult to become aware of your own biases and go against a common enemy based on https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Influence_of_mass_media&oldid=1299101835#Herman_and_Chomsky's_filters