Jason Zhang

“media are independent and committed to discovering and reporting the truth, and that they do not merely reflect the world as powerful groups wish it to be perceived.”
― Noam Chomsky, Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media

“But entertainment has the merit not only of being better suited to helping sell goods; it is an effective vehicle for hidden ideological messages.24 Furthermore, in a system of high and growing inequality, entertainment is the contemporary equivalent of the Roman “games of the circus” that diverts the public from politics and generates a political apathy that is helpful to preservation of the status quo.”
― Noam Chomsky, Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media

“The culture and ideology fostered in this globalization process relate largely to “lifestyle” themes and goods and their acquisition; and they tend to weaken any sense of community helpful to civic life.”
― Noam Chomsky, Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media

“The thickness of the Amazon marketplace — the ready availability of so many buyers and sellers — is self-reinforcing.”
― Alvin E. Roth, Who Gets What - And Why: The Hidden World of Matchmaking and Market Design