The Value of Ellul's Analysis in Understanding Propaganda in the Helping Professions

Autor/in	Gambrill, Eileen
Titel	The Value of Ellul's Analysis in Understanding Propaganda in the Helping Professions
Quelle	In: Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society, 32 (2012) 3, S.187-202 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0270-4676
DOI	10.1177/0270467612458064
Schlagwörter	Propaganda; Ethics; Allied Health Personnel; Psychology; Sociology; Research; Intervention; Brain; Anxiety; Organizations (Groups); Problem Solving; Critical Thinking; Risk; Social Change + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ethik; Psychologie; Soziologie; Forschung; Gehirn; Angst; Problemlösen; Kritisches Denken; Risiko; Sozialer Wandel
Abstract	This article draws on Ellul's analysis of propaganda in understanding propaganda in the helping professions. Key in such an analysis is the interweaving of the psychological and sociological. Contrary to the discourse in mission statements of professional organizations and their codes of ethics calling for informed consent, competence of professionals and taking advantage of research findings, in everyday practice we find a variety of avoidable lapses, including decontextualized problem framing, bogus claims concerning risks, accuracy of assessment measures, and effectiveness of interventions. Perhaps most troubling is obscuring the causes of human problems, for example, framing problems-in-living such as anxiety, alienation, and loneliness that result from living in a technological society as brain disorders, so mystifying the causes of distress. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10