Channels of Propaganda.

Autor/in	Sproule, J. Michael
Institution	ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading, English, and Communication, Bloomington, IN.
Titel	Channels of Propaganda.
Quelle	(1994), (391 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Reihe	ERIC Publications
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	0-927516-61-6
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Business; Democratic Values; Elementary Secondary Education; Federal Government; Higher Education; Information Sources; Mass Media Role; Mass Media Use; Persuasive Discourse; Political Attitudes; Political Issues; Propaganda; Public Opinion; Public Relations; Religious Factors + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Business studies; Wirtschaft; Betriebswirtschaft; Bundesregierung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Information source; Informationsquelle; Mediennutzung; Persuasion; Persuasive Kommunikation; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Politischer Faktor; Öffentliche Meinung; Public relation work; Öffentlichkeitsarbeit
Abstract	Defining propaganda as "efforts by special interests to win over the public covertly by infiltrating messages into various channels of public expression ordinarily viewed as politically neutral," this book argues that propaganda has become pervasive in American life. Pointing out that the 1990s society is inundated with propaganda from numerous sources (including government, business, researchers, religious groups, the news media, educators, and the entertainment industry) the book exposes these channels of propaganda and the cumulative effect they have on public opinion and the functioning of American democracy. Chapter 1 reviews materials on diverse vantage points from which American writers and opinion leaders have tried to reconcile mass persuasion with the democratic way of life during the 20th century. Chapters 2-6 examine propaganda in: (1) government (e.g., Federal Bureau of Investigation, aid to the Contras, Star Wars, presidential styles); (2) research and religion (e.g., national security, private sector, religion and politics); (3) news (e.g., getting good coverage, pressure groups, and business); (4) classroom (e.g., business propaganda, pressure groups, textbooks, pressures on teachers); and (5) entertainment (e.g., film, television). Chapters 7 and 8 question: (1) what action a democratic people should take to safeguard intelligent discussion and free choice from the taint of devious communication; (2) to what extent propaganda casts a shadow over public life; and (3) whether large-scale, engineered persuasion can ever be squared with the ideal of democratic public deliberation. Extensive chapter notes and an index are included. (NKA)
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