Politics and Propaganda - Weapons of Mass Seduction (Paperback)

From the taunting videos of Osama Bin Laden to the partisan euphoria of the embedded journalist, from the visual rhetoric of the anti-globalisation movement to the empire of spin to the scalding polemics of American campaign advertising, propaganda is back. This book provides a full and detailed analysis of the phenomenon of propaganda, its meaning, content and urgent significance. It is one of the most original works ever published on the subject. While it applies a conceptual approach to the study of propaganda, the theoretics are grounded in practice. Insightful case studies on Symbolic Government, negative campaign advertising, single issue group polemic and corporate propaganda, culminate in a vivid narrative of the role of propaganda in driving the remorseless new conflict which began on September 11 2001. Contents Part One: Defining what and reasoning why 1. A question of meaning 2. Explaining propaganda Part Two: A conceptual arrangement 3. An essential trinity: rhetoric, symbolism and myth 4. Elements of propaganda: foundations; why we need enemies; enmity in action Part Three: case studies in propaganda 5. Privatising propaganda: the rise of the single issue 6. Evangelism and corporate propaganda 7. Propaganda and the symbolic state: a British experience 8. 9-11 and war 9. Weapons of mass deception: propaganda, the media and the Iraq war Afterword - The impact of propaganda Index Nicholas O'Shaughnessy is Professor of Marketing and Communication at the University of Keele -- .

General

Imprint:	Manchester University Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 2004
First published:	2004
Index compiled by:	Caroline Wilding
Authors:	Nicholas O'Shaughnessy
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	264
ISBN-13:	978-0-7190-6853-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Political control & influence > Propaganda
LSN:	0-7190-6853-3
Barcode:	9780719068539

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