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si-ne-su · W237

sinesu · media institution; signal-network-structure; mass media as organized system · ✅

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Domain Communication / Institutional
Class entity / institution
Type compound
Register standard
First use MCH-001-A (S835): si-ne-su ne-fe si lo-o-li ; ka-be lo-to-su ko {o-li} — "The mass media serve as a system for communicating messages to the general populace." (Chomsky & Herman, Manufacturing Consent)

Composition

si (signal/communication) + ne (relation/network) + su (structure/organization). Head-final: su (structure) is head; si-ne (signal-network) specifies the type. Right-branching: si modifies [ne-su] = signal of the [network-structure] = the signal-network-structure = media institution.

Definition

si (signal) + ne (relation/network) + su (structure/organization) = signal-network-structure = the organized relational structure of signal transmission = mass media as an institution. Names not any single outlet or channel but the structural system through which signals reach the collective: the organized network of signal production, selection, and transmission. Enables la-si-ne-su as agent (the media does X) and lo-si-ne-su'si-fe (media-filter, juncture required) as patient. Introduced in the Chomsky-Herman batch to enable the propaganda model argument: power (la-wi-ra) and ideology (la-to-su-ra) both construct the signal thresholds (si-ne-su'si-fe) of the media system. Distinct from si (bare signal), ne-su (W031: connection-structure — narrower, relational rather than institutional).

si (primitive: signal), ne (primitive: relation), su (primitive: structure), si-fe (W070: signal threshold — applies as media filter: si-ne-su'si-fe), wi-o-li (W238: collective will = what si-ne-su shapes), ne-su (W031: connection structure — narrower)

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