• American linguist. philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, social critic, and a political activist
• Major figure in analytic philosophy
• One of the founders of the field of cognitive science
• From 1958 to 1959 Chomsky was a National Science Foundation fellow at the Institute for Advanced study

The sociology of news production by Michael Schudson (Quotes):

• “The link between ownership of news organisations and news coverage is not easy to determine”
• “The greatest research interest lies in determining its limits”
• “Explanations from political economy may be especially apt for understanding the broadly different stances different news organisations”
• “A political economy perspective has sometimes tended toward ‘conspiracy theory’ “

Process of manipulation and persuasion: