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Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Political control & influence > Propaganda

U.S. Television News and Cold War Propaganda, 1947-1960 (Paperback, New Ed): Nancy Bernhard U.S. Television News and Cold War Propaganda, 1947-1960 (Paperback, New Ed)
Nancy Bernhard
R1,863 Discovery Miles 18 630 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Television news and the Cold War grew simultaneously in the years following World War II, and their history is deeply intertwined. In order to guarantee sufficient resolve in the American public for a long term arms buildup, defense and security officials turned to the television networks. In need of access to official film and newsmakers to build themselves into serious news organizations, and anxious to prove their loyalty in the age of blacklisting, the network news divisions acted as unofficial state propagandists. They aired programs produced, scripted, and approved by the White House and the Departments of State and Defense as news and public affairs programs. Based on extensive primary research, this book makes a strong and compelling argument for collaboration between US television networks and government during the early years of the medium, and demonstrates how the Cold War was effectively 'sold' to the American public.

The Rhetorical Presidency - New Edition (Paperback, New): Jeffrey K. Tulis The Rhetorical Presidency - New Edition (Paperback, New)
Jeffrey K. Tulis; Foreword by Russell Muirhead; Afterword by Jeffrey K. Tulis
R486 Discovery Miles 4 860 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Modern presidents regularly appeal over the heads of Congress to the people at large to generate support for public policies. The Rhetorical Presidency makes the case that this development, born at the outset of the twentieth century, is the product of conscious political choices that fundamentally transformed the presidency and the meaning of American governance. Now with a new foreword by Russell Muirhead and a new afterword by the author, this landmark work probes political pathologies and analyzes the dilemmas of presidential statecraft. Extending a tradition of American political writing that begins with The Federalist and continues with Woodrow Wilson's Congressional Government, The Rhetorical Presidency remains a pivotal work in its field.

Messing with the Enemy - Surviving in a Social Media World of Hackers, Terrorists, Russians, and Fake News (Paperback): Clint... Messing with the Enemy - Surviving in a Social Media World of Hackers, Terrorists, Russians, and Fake News (Paperback)
Clint Watts
R492 Discovery Miles 4 920 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
German Anglophobia and the Great War, 1914-1918 (Hardcover): Matthew Stibbe German Anglophobia and the Great War, 1914-1918 (Hardcover)
Matthew Stibbe
R2,769 Discovery Miles 27 690 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This major study of German attitudes toward England during the Great War, 1914-18, continues the story of Anglo-German antagonism where previous studies have ended. It shows how German propaganda sought to portray Britain as the main enemy of the German people, and focuses on the decision to launch unrestricted submarine warfare against Britain in January 1917, thus bringing the United States into the conflict. The book concludes by examining the contribution of anti-English feeling to the growth of right wing extremism in Germany after the war.

U.S. Television News and Cold War Propaganda, 1947-1960 (Hardcover): Nancy Bernhard U.S. Television News and Cold War Propaganda, 1947-1960 (Hardcover)
Nancy Bernhard
R2,964 Discovery Miles 29 640 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Television news and the Cold War grew simultaneously in the years following World War II, and their history is deeply intertwined. In order to guarantee sufficient resolve in the American public for a long term arms buildup, defense and security officials turned to the television networks. In need of access to official film and newsmakers to build themselves into serious news organizations, and anxious to prove their loyalty in the age of blacklisting, the network news divisions acted as unofficial state propagandists. This book analyzes the shocking extent of their collaboration.

Spectacular Politics - Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte and the Fete Imperial, 1849-1870 (Hardcover, New): Matthew Truesdell Spectacular Politics - Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte and the Fete Imperial, 1849-1870 (Hardcover, New)
Matthew Truesdell
R4,275 R1,506 Discovery Miles 15 060 Save R2,769 (65%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Drawing on newspapers, archival sources, and memoirs, Spectacular Politics shows how, as President of the Second Republic and then as Emperor Napoleon III, Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte used public speech and spectacle to dazzle and seduce the French population, helping to pioneer the modern techniques of image politics and the manipulation of a mass electorate.
Elected President of the Second Republic in 1848, the year of the inception of universal male suffrage, this nephew of Napoleon I overthrew that Republic in 1851 to establish himself as Emperor Napoleon III, a title he kept for almost twenty years. During this period, Louis-Napoleon used events as diverse as the annual national holiday on the birthday of Napoleon I, the glitzy inaugurations of Paris's new streets, the universal expositions, and the many military reviews of the time to stage elaborate public celebrations.
Author Matthew Truesdell shows how these events were more than just festive amusements, but were in fact some of Louis-Napoleon's key tools in the projection before a mass audience of powerful images that allowed him to present himself as the incarnation of the national will and the ideal leader for the age. His ability to package his ideas in short, appealing verbal slogans made him one of the most successful political orators in French history. He had a knack for coming up with the felicitous phrase, the emotionally engaging slogan that summed up his policy in simple terms and was infinitely repeated in newspapers, speeches, songs, and poems, in the "soundbite" style that dominates politics today.
But this study also goes beyond the story of Louis-Napoleon's attempts to manipulate public opinion to examine how his political opponents--especially the republicans--used similar techniques in their ultimately successful effort to supplant his regime.
Spectacular Politics makes a significant contribution to the larger history of the discovery of image and spectacle as tools of political manipulation. It will be of interest to scholars of modern French history, modern Europe, and the history of politics.

ISIS Propaganda - A Full-Spectrum Extremist Message (Paperback): Stephane J. Baele, Katharine A. Boyd, Travis G. Coan ISIS Propaganda - A Full-Spectrum Extremist Message (Paperback)
Stephane J. Baele, Katharine A. Boyd, Travis G. Coan
R2,210 R1,460 Discovery Miles 14 600 Save R750 (34%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book offers a comprehensive overview and analysis of the Islamic State's use of propaganda. Combining a range of different theoretical perspectives from across the social sciences, and using rigorous methods, the authors trace the origins of the Islamic State's message, laying bare the strategic logic guiding its evolution, examining each of its multi-media components, and showing how these elements work together to radicalize audiences' worldviews. This volume highlights the challenges that this sort of "full-spectrum propaganda" raises for counter terrorism forces. It is not only a one-stop resource for any analyst of IS and Salafi-jihadism, but also a rich contribution to the study of text and visual propaganda, radicalization and political violence, and international security.

Radical Satire and Print Culture 1790-1822 (Hardcover, New): Marcus Wood Radical Satire and Print Culture 1790-1822 (Hardcover, New)
Marcus Wood
R5,340 R2,051 Discovery Miles 20 510 Save R3,289 (62%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Radical Satire and Print Culture 1790-1822 focuses on the work produced collaboratively between 1816 and 1822 by the poet and radical journalist William Hone and the brilliant young graphic satirist George Cruikshank. It shows how both men drew on their experience in the gutter press and advertising industry to produce satire which dissolves distinctions between literature and trash, art and advertising, and politics and propaganda. The book also sheds new light on the relations between popular political authors and graphic artists and the major Romantic writers of the period.

Communications and Power - Propaganda and the Press in the Indian National Struggle, 1920-1947 (Paperback): Milton Israel Communications and Power - Propaganda and the Press in the Indian National Struggle, 1920-1947 (Paperback)
Milton Israel
R1,213 Discovery Miles 12 130 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

At the end of the First World War, India's government officials and nationalist politicians began to recognize the need for an organized communications network. The challenge for government and nationalists alike was to create a propaganda machine that could disseminate news to a large and diverse population, at the same time eliciting the desired political response. Milton Israel describes the role of the press in the last stage of the nationalist struggle in India on the eve of the British departure.

Through the Prism of the Habsburg Monarchy - Hungary in American Diplomacy & Public Opinion During World War 1 (Hardcover):... Through the Prism of the Habsburg Monarchy - Hungary in American Diplomacy & Public Opinion During World War 1 (Hardcover)
Tibor Glant
R1,666 R987 Discovery Miles 9 870 Save R679 (41%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This text examines President Woodrow Wilson's policies regarding the future of the Danubian basin. It reveals that American attitudes and policies toward Hungarian participation in the Dual Monarchy were influenced by propaganda, the domestic American press and the demands of diplomacy.

Motherland in Danger - Soviet Propaganda during World War II (Hardcover, New): Karel C. Berkhoff Motherland in Danger - Soviet Propaganda during World War II (Hardcover, New)
Karel C. Berkhoff
R1,405 Discovery Miles 14 050 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Much of the story about the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany has yet to be told. In Motherland in Danger, Karel Berkhoff addresses one of the most neglected questions facing historians of the Second World War: how did the Soviet leadership sell the campaign against the Germans to the people on the home front? For Stalin, the obstacles were manifold. Repelling the German invasion would require a mobilization so large that it would test the limits of the Soviet state. Could the USSR marshal the manpower necessary to face the threat? How could the authorities overcome inadequate infrastructure and supplies? Might Stalin's regime fail to survive a sustained conflict with the Germans? Motherland in Danger takes us inside the Stalinist state to witness, from up close, its propaganda machine. Using sources in many languages, including memoirs and documents of the Soviet censor, Berkhoff explores how the Soviet media reflected-and distorted-every aspect of the war, from the successes and blunders on the front lines to the institution of forced labor on farm fields and factory floors. He also details the media's handling of Nazi atrocities and the Holocaust, as well as its stinting treatment of the Allies, particularly the United States, the UK, and Poland. Berkhoff demonstrates not only that propaganda was critical to the Soviet war effort but also that it has colored perceptions of the war to the present day, both inside and outside of Russia.

The Interrogation Rooms of the Korean War - The Untold History (Paperback): Monica Kim The Interrogation Rooms of the Korean War - The Untold History (Paperback)
Monica Kim
R705 Discovery Miles 7 050 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

A groundbreaking look at how the interrogation rooms of the Korean War set the stage for a new kind of battle-not over land but over human subjects Traditional histories of the Korean War have long focused on violations of the thirty-eighth parallel, the line drawn by American and Soviet officials in 1945 dividing the Korean peninsula. But The Interrogation Rooms of the Korean War presents an entirely new narrative, shifting the perspective from the boundaries of the battlefield to inside the interrogation room. Upending conventional notions of what we think of as geographies of military conflict, Monica Kim demonstrates how the Korean War evolved from a fight over territory to one over human interiority and the individual human subject, forging the template for the US wars of intervention that would predominate during the latter half of the twentieth century and beyond. Kim looks at how, during the armistice negotiations, the United States and their allies proposed a new kind of interrogation room: one in which POWs could exercise their "free will" and choose which country they would go to after the ceasefire. The global controversy that erupted exposed how interrogation rooms had become a flashpoint for the struggles between the ambitions of empire and the demands for decolonization, as the aim of interrogation was to produce subjects who attested to a nation's right to govern. The complex web of interrogators and prisoners-Japanese-American interrogators, Indian military personnel, Korean POWs and interrogators, and American POWs-that Kim uncovers contradicts the simple story in US popular memory of "brainwashing" during the Korean War. Bringing together a vast range of sources that track two generations of people moving between three continents, The Interrogation Rooms of the Korean War delves into an essential yet overlooked aspect of modern warfare in the twentieth century.

Printed Propaganda under Louis XIV - Absolute Monarchy and Public Opinion (Hardcover): Joseph Klaits Printed Propaganda under Louis XIV - Absolute Monarchy and Public Opinion (Hardcover)
Joseph Klaits
R4,256 Discovery Miles 42 560 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In the late seventeenth century the role of printed propaganda in manipulating public consciousness became increasingly explicit, and governments developed systematic controls over the printed word. This book considers the purposes, mechanisms, content, and audience of royal printed propaganda in early modern France. The author first sketches the impact of the invention of printing and characterizes propaganda generally during the reign of Louis XIV. In succeeding chapters he discusses the theory and practice of censorship and the government's relationships with the recently established French periodical press, presenting a balanced portrait of the crown's objectives and mixed success in influencing the sources of opinion. The varieties of government-inspired pamphlet propaganda are carefully and extensively analyzed, and signed royal propaganda receives special attention. Originally published in 1977. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Propaganda, Communication and Public Opinion (Hardcover): Bruce Lannes Smith, Harold D. Lasswell Propaganda, Communication and Public Opinion (Hardcover)
Bruce Lannes Smith, Harold D. Lasswell
R5,244 Discovery Miles 52 440 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"The most comprehensive bibliography yet published in the public opinion field." --Journalism Quarterly. Besides a selection of the most significant titles from earlier years, this book contains a comprehensive listing of books, pamphlets, and articles which appeared between 1934 and 1943. Originally published in 1946. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

The Captive Press in the Third Reich (Paperback): Oron James Hale The Captive Press in the Third Reich (Paperback)
Oron James Hale
R1,302 Discovery Miles 13 020 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Using interviews of Nazi officials and German publishers, as well as printed and manuscript sources, Mr. Hale tells how the Nazi party developed its own insignificant party press into mass circulation newspapers, and how it forced the transfer of ownership of important papers to camouflaged holding companies controlled by the party's central publishing house. Contents: Introduction. I. The Volkischer Beobachter--Central Organ of the Nazi Party. II. The Nazi Party Press, 1925-1933. III. The Organization of Total Control. IV. The Party and the Publishing Industry, 1933-1934. V. The Final Solution--The Amann Ordinances. VI. Political and Economic Cleansing of the Press. VII. The Captive Publishing Industry, 1936-1939. VIII. The German Press in Wartime. Index. Originally published in 1964. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Pirates and Emperors, Old and New - International Terrorism in the Real World (Paperback, 2nd ed.): Noam Chomsky Pirates and Emperors, Old and New - International Terrorism in the Real World (Paperback, 2nd ed.)
Noam Chomsky
R575 R529 Discovery Miles 5 290 Save R46 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Pirates and Emperors is a brilliant exploration of the role of the United States in the Middle East that exposes how the media manipulates public opinion about what constitutes terrorism. Chomsky masterfully argues that appreciating the differences between state terror and nongovernmental terror is crucial to stopping terrorism and understanding why atrocities like the bombing of the World Trade Center and the killing of the Charlie Hebdo journalists happen.

The Washington Connection and Third World Fascism - The Political Economy of Human Rights: Volume I (Paperback, 2nd ed.): Noam... The Washington Connection and Third World Fascism - The Political Economy of Human Rights: Volume I (Paperback, 2nd ed.)
Noam Chomsky, Edward S Herman
R662 R605 Discovery Miles 6 050 Save R57 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A brilliant, shattering, and convincing account of United States-backed suppression of political and human rights in Latin America, Asia, and Africa and the role of the media in misreporting these policies The Washington Connection and Third World Fascism relentlessly dissects the official views of establishment scholars and their journals. The best and brightest pundits of the status quo emerge from this book thoroughly denuded of their credibility.

The 'Hitler Myth' - Image and Reality in the Third Reich (Paperback, Reissue): Ian Kershaw The 'Hitler Myth' - Image and Reality in the Third Reich (Paperback, Reissue)
Ian Kershaw
R451 R408 Discovery Miles 4 080 Save R43 (10%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Few twentieth-century political leaders enjoyed greater popularity among their own people than Hitler in the 1930s and 1940s. The German people's admiration rested less on the bizarre and arcane precepts of Nazi ideology than on social and political values recognizable in many societies other than the Third Reich. Kershaw charts the creation, growth, and decline of the 'Hitler myth', and demonstrates how the manufactured Führer-cult formed a crucial integrating force in the Third Reich and a vital element in the attainment of Nazi political aims.

Staging a Revolution: the Art of Persuasion in the Islamic Republic of Iran (Hardcover, Illustrated Ed): Peter J. Chelkowski,... Staging a Revolution: the Art of Persuasion in the Islamic Republic of Iran (Hardcover, Illustrated Ed)
Peter J. Chelkowski, Hamid Dabashi
R1,409 Discovery Miles 14 090 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

A visual survey of the public myths and collective symbols used in the making of the Islamic Revolution in Iran and the subsequent war with Iraq. The book traces a remarkable period of history in which the power of words and images successfully challenged the military might of an established state, setting forth an avalanche of public sentiment that led to revolution.

The Right Talk - How Conservatives Transformed the Great Society into the Economic Society (Paperback): Mark A. Smith The Right Talk - How Conservatives Transformed the Great Society into the Economic Society (Paperback)
Mark A. Smith
R748 Discovery Miles 7 480 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Political analyst Mark Smith offers the most original and compelling explanation yet of why America has swung to the right in recent decades. How did the GOP transform itself from a party outgunned and outmaneuvered into one that defines the nation's most important policy choices?

Conventional wisdom attributes the Republican resurgence to a political bait and switch--the notion that conservatives win elections on social issues like abortion and religious expression, but once in office implement far-reaching policies on the economic issues downplayed during campaigns. Smith illuminates instead the eye-opening reality that economic matters have become more central, not less, to campaigns and the public agenda. He analyzes a half century of speeches, campaign advertisements, party platforms, and intellectual writings, systematically showing how Republican politicians and conservative intellectuals increasingly gave economic justifications for policies they once defended through appeals to freedom. He explains how Democrats similarly conceived economic justifications for their own policies, but unlike Republicans they changed positions on issues rather than simply offering new arguments and thus helped push the national discourse inexorably to the right.

"The Right Talk" brings clarity, reason, and hard-nosed evidence to a contentious subject. Certain to enrich the debate about the conservative ascendancy in America, this book will provoke discussions and reactions for years to come.

Data versus Democracy - How Big Data Algorithms Shape Opinions and Alter the Course of History (Paperback, 1st ed.): Kris... Data versus Democracy - How Big Data Algorithms Shape Opinions and Alter the Course of History (Paperback, 1st ed.)
Kris Shaffer
R920 R792 Discovery Miles 7 920 Save R128 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Human attention is in the highest demand it has ever been. The drastic increase in available information has compelled individuals to find a way to sift through the media that is literally at their fingertips. Content recommendation systems have emerged as the technological solution to this social and informational problem, but they've also created a bigger crisis in confirming our biases by showing us only, and exactly, what it predicts we want to see. Data versus Democracy investigates and explores how, in the era of social media, human cognition, algorithmic recommendation systems, and human psychology are all working together to reinforce (and exaggerate) human bias. The dangerous confluence of these factors is driving media narratives, influencing opinions, and possibly changing election results. In this book, algorithmic recommendations, clickbait, familiarity bias, propaganda, and other pivotal concepts are analyzed and then expanded upon via fascinating and timely case studies: the 2016 US presidential election, Ferguson, GamerGate, international political movements, and more events that come to affect every one of us. What are the implications of how we engage with information in the digital age? Data versus Democracy explores this topic and an abundance of related crucial questions. We live in a culture vastly different from any that has come before. In a society where engagement is currency, we are the product. Understanding the value of our attention, how organizations operate based on this concept, and how engagement can be used against our best interests is essential in responsibly equipping ourselves against the perils of disinformation. Who This Book Is For Individuals who are curious about how social media algorithms work and how they can be manipulated to influence culture. Social media managers, data scientists, data administrators, and educators will find this book particularly relevant to their work.

Islam - Its Beginnings and History, Its Theology and Its Importance Today (Paperback): Robert Crotty, Terence Lovat Islam - Its Beginnings and History, Its Theology and Its Importance Today (Paperback)
Robert Crotty, Terence Lovat
R620 Discovery Miles 6 200 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
United States of Distraction - Media Manipulation in Post-Truth America (And What We Can Do About It) (Paperback): Mickey Huff,... United States of Distraction - Media Manipulation in Post-Truth America (And What We Can Do About It) (Paperback)
Mickey Huff, Nolan Higdon; Foreword by Ralph Nader
R399 Discovery Miles 3 990 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

A powerful critique of how manipulation of media gives rise to disinformation, intolerance, and divisiveness, and what can be done to change direction. "Mickey Huff and Nolan Higdon emphasize what we can do today to restore the power of facts, truth, and fair, inclusive journalism as tools for people to keep political and corporate power subordinate to the engaged citizenry and the common good."-Ralph Nader The role of news media in a free society is to investigate, inform, and provide a crucial check on political power. But does it? It's no secret that the goal of corporate-owned media is to increase the profits of the few, not to empower the many. As a result, people are increasingly immersed in an information system structured to reinforce their social biases and market to their buying preferences. Journalism's essential role has been drastically compromised, and Donald Trump's repeated claims of "fake news" and framing of the media as "an enemy of the people" have made a bad scenario worse. Written in the spirit of resistance and hope, United States of Distraction offers a clear, concise appraisal of our current situation, and presents readers with action items for how to improve it. Praise for United States of Distraction: "A war of distraction is underway, media is the weapon, and our minds are the battlefield. Higdon and Huff have written a brilliant book of how we've gotten to this point, and how to educate ourselves to fight back and win."-Henry A. Giroux, author of American Nightmare: Facing the Challenge of Fascism "A timely and urgent demand re-asserting the central importance of civic pursuits-not commercialism-in U.S. media and society."-Ralph Nader "Higdon and Huff have produced the best short introduction to the nature of Trump-era journalism and how the 'Post-Truth' media world is inimical to a democratic society that I have seen. The book is provocative and an entertaining read. Best of all, the analysis in United States of Distraction leads to concrete and do-able recommendations for how we can rectify this deplorable situation."-Robert W. McChesney, author of Rich Media, Poor Democracy: Communication Politics in Dubious Times "The U.S. wouldn't be able to hide its empire in plain sight were it not for the subservient 'free' press. United States of Distraction shows, in chilling detail, America's major media dysfunction-how the gutting of the fourth estate paved the road for fascism and what tools are critical to salvage our democracy."-Abby Martin, The Empire Files "Nolan Higdon and Mickey Huff provides us with a fearless and dangerous text that refuses the post-truth proliferation of fake news, disinformation, and media that serve the interests of the few. This is a vital wake-up call for how the public can protect itself against manipulation and authoritarianism through education and public interest media."-George Yancy, author of Backlash: What Happens When We Talk Honestly about Racism in America and Professor of Philosophy at Emory University "United States of Distraction challenges our hegemon-media's ideological mind control and the occupation of human thought. ... Huff and Higdon correctly call for mass critical resistance through truth telling by free minds. Power to the people!"-Peter Phillips, author of Giants: The Global Power Elite

The Power and Influence of Illustration - Achieving Impact and Lasting Significance through Visual Communication (Paperback):... The Power and Influence of Illustration - Achieving Impact and Lasting Significance through Visual Communication (Paperback)
Alan Male 1
R930 Discovery Miles 9 300 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Delving into the rationale behind influential communication, The Power And Influence Of Illustration helps you understand how to work with a message to create convincing illustrations for your audience. Alan Male explains how illustrative imagery can lampoon, shock, insult, threaten, subvert, ridicule, express discontent and proclaim political and religious allegiance. He explores how its tools have been used in the past, and looks at how contemporary illustrators can use their own work to persuade - and discusses where the line between persuasion and propaganda lies. These issues are explored using hundreds of full colour images from international artists, both contemporary and historical.

Manufacturing the Enemy - The Media War Against Cuba (Paperback): Keith Bolender Manufacturing the Enemy - The Media War Against Cuba (Paperback)
Keith Bolender
R504 Discovery Miles 5 040 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Mainstream media in the United States for the past 60 years has converged with the neo-colonial foreign policy objectives of the state to create a misinformed, biased narrative against the Cuban revolution. Using extensive examples, including pre-revolutionary historic coverage, journalist Keith Bolender reveals how the national press has established an anti-Cuba chronicle in adherence to Washington's unrelenting regime change policies. From coverage of the Bay of Pigs, Cuban Missile Crisis, the Cuban Five and the current issues of Obama's 'Cuban Thaw' in 2014 to the renewed hostility under the Trump Administration, the edition examines with specific clarity how damaging corporate media treatment of Cuba is to the understanding of the revolution and those who continue to support it. This original treatment scrutinises the foundation for the media's hostility against Cuba's socialist political/economic system, providing new insight into the propaganda workings of the so called 'free' press in the US and across Western liberal democracies. The work is a unique resource for activists, journalists and students interested in the ever-complicated relationship between the United States and its island neighbour to the south.

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