The Ten Commandments Of Propaganda

"Employing humor and otherwise charming prose . . . Patrick weaves a compelling story of persuasive elements that define and drive propaganda. In addition, he uses contemporary and historical examples to clearly and precisely explain complex ideas. This text is a keeper!"NProf. Bruce L. Plopper, School of Mass Communication, University of Arkansas at Little Rock.

The goal of information is to inform, while the goal of propaganda is to influence or persuade. It is not the intent to persuade that makes something propaganda, but the use of deceptive and manipulative techniques. Some advertising and public relations campaigns employ propaganda techniques and other psychotechnologies of influence. Jeff Koob, a psychologist, provides examples of advertisers using propaganda and other invisible means of persuasion. He explores the history of advertising and public relations, and focuses on how: advertisers employ deceptive and manipulative techniques media campaigns have become a tool of corporate social engineering propaganda works across the spectrum of media, from print to the Internet Ad Nauseam reveals how the propaganda industry affects almost every aspect of our lives. Equip yourself with the knowledge you need to recognize the techniques of propaganda, and discover the antidote to the infotoxins in our mental environment.

Reflecting the remarkable changes in the world of propaganda due to the increasing use of social media, this updated Seventh Edition provides a systematic introduction to the increasingly complex world of propaganda. Viewing propaganda as a form of communication, the authors help you understand information and persuasion so you can understand the characteristics of propaganda and how it works as a communication process. Providing provocative case studies and fascinating examples of the use of propaganda from ancient times up through the present day, Propaganda and Persuasion provides an original model that helps you analyze the instances of propaganda and persuasion you encounter in everyday life. New to the Seventh Edition: New coverage of social media as a disseminator of propaganda offers you an up-to-date perspective. The book’s four case studies have been updated and strengthened to demonstrate their relevance not only to past and contemporary culture, but also to the study of propaganda campaigns. New coverage of how a propaganda case study can be structured to reveal the components of a campaign allows you to compare strengths and weaknesses across different types of campaigns and evaluate the relative success of various propaganda strategies. Updated research on persuasion and expanded coverage of collective memory as it appears in new memorials and monuments enhances the presentation. Current examples of propaganda, especially the ways it is disseminated via the Internet, deepen your understanding. New illustrations and photos add a unique visual dimension that helps you conceptualize methods of persuasion and propaganda.

We Are in This Together! By: Dr. Donald Salem No one was supposed to know why or how. The scheme was elaborate. It turned out to be a long history of connected mysteries. It took decades of research for Dr. Donald Salem to gain clarity. Being a Viet Nam Vet and having lectured and written on terrorism, anti-Semitism, and Middle East conflicts for almost forty years has given him a rare perspective. To share his discoveries, he bound thousands of facts by using a parable about a wild environmental terror in the USA. Five of the survivors, like most Americans, were furious that the government did not protect them. They launched their quest to discover why. In this first book of a trilogy, Salem takes us on a rollercoaster ride of verifiable facts. Who is this mastermind, TerVol? When the high-speed rollercoaster turns upside down, will our exceptionalism hold us in? He examines why our society is so exceptional. Can we hold on to our exceptional freedoms and prosperity or will we face a decline in which our children will suffer most? How do we identify our real allies? We can identify them by their exceptionalism, quality of life for all citizens and how well they honor human rights. This first book brilliantly highlights why clarity must rule over ambiguity. Salem shares facts to help us make our own decisions. He makes it clear that we cannot hold on to our freedoms and prosperity without taking responsibility and caring for each other. He promises that by the last book we should have the clarity and plenty of reasons to act on the 10 steps to “S.O.S.” – Save Our Society.

Explores the role of the media in the Rwandan genocide -- within the country and beyond.

"This collection of readings in propaganda and persuasion is designed to serve as either a companion to Jowett and O'Donnell's text Propaganda and Persuasion or as a single class resource. The contents range from seminal essays by Jacques Ellul, Kenneth Burke, and Paul M.A. Linebarger to articles by well-known writers on propaganda such as Philip Taylor and David Culbert to new essays about responses to 9/11, the treatment of Afghan women, persuasion in the built environment, and public diplomacy as propaganda. Also included are analyses of the relationship between rhetoric and propaganda, essays about the definition of propaganda, propaganda in the Boston Massacre of the American Revolution, the Bolshevik Revolution, and American, British, and German propaganda during World War II, and brainwashing in the Korean War." -- Publisher.

Were it not for the negative coverage that it receives from elite American news organizations, the National Rifle Association and American gun culture as a whole would not be in the position of strength they enjoy today. The more negative coverage the elite media have dished out, the more people have been attracted to NRA and gun culture. Brian Anse Patrick presents the evidence for this startling case. As an analysis of the data unmistakably shows, not only are the elite media systematically biased against NRA, they have indeed inadvertently helped to mobilize American gun culture, making it one of the most successful social movements of modern times. In the new edition of this groundbreaking study, with a new Foreword by the author, Prof. Patrick makes his case. The evidence is incontrovertible and based on scientific content analysis of ten years of actual NRA coverage in many elite news publications, compared and contrasted with similar coverage of other major American social movements. Additionally, Prof. Patrick presents an innovative model for how information is disseminated from top-to-bottom in the mainstream media which he terms "administrative democracy," and suggests how groups like the NRA flourish in part because of the increasing availability of non-centralized social media which allow dissenters from the prevailing media paradigm to construct their own narratives with which to understand society and their place within it. Written in a lucid and penetrating style, this book should be of interest to readers on either side of the gun rights debate, as well as to those wishing to study the workings of a successful citizens' advocacy network.