Selected Writings On Media Propaganda And Political Communication

Author : Siegfried Kracauer
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231555660
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Selected Writings on Media, Propaganda, and Political Communication written by Siegfried Kracauer and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2022-05-17 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Siegfried Kracauer stands out as one of the most significant theorists and critics of the twentieth century, acclaimed for his analyses of film and popular culture. However, his writing on propaganda and politics has been overshadowed by the works of his contemporaries and colleagues associated with the Frankfurt School. This book brings together a broad selection of Kracauer’s work on media and political communication, much of it previously unavailable in English. It features writings spanning more than two decades, from studies of totalitarian propaganda written in the 1930s to wartime work on Nazi newsreels and anti-Semitism through to examinations of American and Soviet political messaging in the early Cold War period. These varied texts illuminate the interplay among politics, mass culture, and the media, and they encompass Kracauer’s core concerns: the individual and the masses, the conditions of cultural production, and the critique of modernity. The introduction and afterword explore the significance of Kracauer’s contributions to critical theory, film and media studies, and the analysis of political communication both in his era and the present day. At a time when demagoguery and bigotry loom over world politics, Kracauer’s inquiries into topics such as the widespread appeal of fascist propaganda and the relationship of new media forms and technologies to authoritarianism are strikingly relevant.

Author : Karen S. Johnson-Cartee
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780742528826
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Strategic Political Communication written by Karen S. Johnson-Cartee and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2004 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To become a successful political communicator (and a savvy political consumer), it is essential to know the elements of social influence, what works, and why. Strategic Political Communication provides an introduction to persuasion, social influence, and propaganda tactics, focusing on political communication. This rich, well-documented work looks at the power of language, the importance of targeting a specific audience, and the significance of interpersonal relationships, among other key issues. It further examines propaganda in order to understand how communicators can best exercise influence in contemporary society.

Author : J. Michael Sproule
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521470223
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Propaganda and Democracy written by J. Michael Sproule and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of propaganda in relation to twentieth-century democracy.

Author : Noam Chomsky
Publisher : Seven Stories Press
ISBN 13 : 160980015X
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Media Control written by Noam Chomsky and published by Seven Stories Press. This book was released on 2011-01-04 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Noam Chomsky’s backpocket classic on wartime propaganda and opinion control begins by asserting two models of democracy—one in which the public actively participates, and one in which the public is manipulated and controlled. According to Chomsky, "propaganda is to democracy as the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state," and the mass media is the primary vehicle for delivering propaganda in the United States. From an examination of how Woodrow Wilson’s Creel Commission "succeeded, within six months, in turning a pacifist population into a hysterical, war-mongering population," to Bush Sr.'s war on Iraq, Chomsky examines how the mass media and public relations industries have been used as propaganda to generate public support for going to war. Chomsky further touches on how the modern public relations industry has been influenced by Walter Lippmann’s theory of "spectator democracy," in which the public is seen as a "bewildered herd" that needs to be directed, not empowered; and how the public relations industry in the United States focuses on "controlling the public mind," and not on informing it. Media Control is an invaluable primer on the secret workings of disinformation in democratic societies.

Author : Ralph Negrine
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 100094736X
Total Pages : 371 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Political Communication Reader written by Ralph Negrine and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-04-28 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Political Communication Reader gathers together key writings in a unique one-volume resource. The selected texts are grouped into thematic sections, each introduced by the editors, covering such areas as: the exercise of power, media and democracy the media and elections media effects political participation and the media the personalization of politics new technologies and the reshaping of political communication Available as a companion Reader to Brian McNair's Introduction to Political Communication textbook, students will find The Political Communication Reader a valuable resource in this popular subject area.

Author : Kavo?lu, Samet
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1799817369
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Political Propaganda, Advertising, and Public Relations: Emerging Research and Opportunities written by Kavo?lu, Samet and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2019-10-25 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public opinion is an important factor affecting the political decision-making process. In almost every community, the ones in power—no matter what type of political system is established—want to be aware of the ideas and opinions of the rules regarding policies that they have implemented. The factors that take part in the determination of public opinion must be explored further. Political Propaganda, Advertising, and Public Relations: Emerging Research and Opportunities is an essential reference source that discusses public opinion on policies as well as political communication activities. Featuring research on topics such as campaign management, branding, and political marketing, this book is ideally designed for campaign managers, social media mangers, government officials, advertisers, media consultants, public relations specialists, researchers, politicians, academicians, and students seeking coverage on current technological trends and political communication.

Author : Gerald Sussman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781453901519
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The propaganda society: promotional culture and politics in global context written by Gerald Sussman and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Philo C. Wasburn
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313015589
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Social Construction of International News written by Philo C. Wasburn and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2002-11-30 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wasburn compares U.S. commercial news reports on a wide variety of events with those produced by the news media of several other nations. The events include the Falklands War, the Iran-Iraq War, the Tiananmen Square Uprising, several political assassinations, major trade disputes between the U.S. and Japan, the Intifada, U.S. presidential nominating conventions and a presidential inauguration. Different patterns of coverage—amount of attention given an event, language used to describe an event, selection of particular occurrences to characterize an event, and descriptions of U.S. and international public opinion of the event—are shown to reflect different political, economic, and strategic interests of nations, historical contexts in which news was constructed, national differences in values that influence the production of news, and differences in historically specific relations between news media and the governments of their countries. Attention is given to contrasts between the national image of the United States constructed by U.S. commercial news media and the images of the United States produced by various foreign news media. This book will be of particular interest to scholars, students, and researchers involved with political communication, journalism, political science, and political sociology.

Author : John Jenks
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 0748626751
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book British Propaganda and News Media in the Cold War written by John Jenks and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2006-04-19 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a study of the British state's generation, suppression and manipulation of news to further foreign policy goals during the early Cold War. Bribing editors, blackballing "e;unreliable"e; journalists, creating instant media experts through provision of carefully edited "e;inside information"e;, and exploiting the global media system to plant propaganda--disguised as news--around the world: these were all methods used by the British to try to convince the international public of Soviet deceit and criminality and thus gain support for anti-Soviet policies at home and abroad. Britain's shaky international position heightened the importance of propaganda. The Soviets and Americans were investing heavily in propaganda to win the "e;hearts and minds"e; of the world and substitute for increasingly unthinkable nuclear war. The British exploited and enhanced their media power and propaganda expertise to keep up with the superpowers and preserve their own global influence at a time when British economic, political and military power was sharply declining. This activity directly influenced domestic media relations, as officials used British media to launder foreign-bound propaganda and to create the desired images of British "e;public opinion"e; for foreign audiences. By the early 1950s censorship waned but covert propaganda had become addictive. The endless tension of the Cold War normalized what had previously been abnormal state involvement in the media, and led it to use similar tools against Egyptian nationalists, Irish republicans and British leftists. Much more recently, official manipulation of news about Iraq indicates that a behind-the-scenes examination of state propaganda's earlier days is highly relevant. John Jenks draws heavily on recently declassified archival material for this book, especially files of the Foreign Office's anti-Communist Information Research Department (IRD) propaganda agency, and the papers of key media organisations, journalists, politicians and officials. Readers will therefore gain a greater understanding of the depth of the state's power with the media at a time when concerns about propaganda and media manipulation are once again at the fore.

Author : Gerhard Vowe
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317480015
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Political Communication in the Online World written by Gerhard Vowe and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-12-07 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a consequence of the rapid diffusion of online media, the conditions for political communication, and research concerning it have radically changed. Is empirical communication research capable of consistently describing and explaining the changes in political communication in the online world both from a theoretical and methodological perspective? In this book, Gerhard Vowe, Philipp Henn, and a group of leading international experts in the field of communication studies guide the reader through the complexities of political communication, and evaluate whether and to what extent existing theoretical approaches and research designs are relevant to the online world. In the first part of the book, nine chapters offer researchers the opportunity to test the basic assumptions of prominent theories in the field, to specify them in terms of the conditions of political communication in the online world and to modify them in view of the systematically gained experiences. The second methodological section tests the variations of content analysis, surveys, expert interviews and network analyses in an online environment and documents how successful these methods of empirical analysis have proven to be in political communication. Written accessibly and contributing to key debates on political communication, this bookshelf essential presents an indispensable account of the necessary tools needed to allow researchers decide which approach and method is better suited to answer their online problem.