Alex Carey

Alexander Edward Carey (1 December 1922 – 30 November 1987) was an Australian social psychologist and university lecturer who analysed corporate propaganda. Carey influenced Noam Chomsky and Edward S. Herman; he was called a "second Orwell in his prophesies" by Australian journalist John Pilger.

Biography Carey was raised in Geraldton, Western Australia, to parents Henry Carey, of Irish ancestry, and Erica Hester, of a Scottish Protestant family. He was the father of the Australian writer, Gabrielle Carey.

According to Noam Chomsky, Carey pioneered the study of corporate propaganda. Much of Carey's work in this area remained unpublished and was cut short by his death. and meeting with him again while on a sabbatical in the United States during the last year of his life.

Carey committed suicide in 1987. Members of his family speculated that his reasons included substantial financial losses in the stock market crash of that year and a battle with depression in his final years.