Media, Persuasion and Propaganda

Informationen zum Autor Marshall Soules is former Chair of the Media Studies Department at Vancouver Island University teaching across a range of media studies and media theory topics, including propaganda. Klappentext Living in a saturated media environment, we are crowded from all sides by persuasive messages and information. Advice, promotion and propaganda form a spectrum of persuasion and everywhere we see it performed in its full theatricality, complete with actors, scripts, props and costumes. Based on enduring rhetorical principles, these persuasive techniques and the psychology behind them have become increasingly sophisticated during the 'age of persuasion', a century of applied research in advertising, advocacy, public relations, mass entertainment and social control. Media, Persuasion and Propaganda guides the reader through the many varieties of persuasion and its performance, exploring the protocols of rhetoric unique to the medium, from orality and print to film and digital images. Using case studies and exercises, this innovative study poses challenging questions, such as: How do individuals and organisations exert influence to build communities and networks? What role do media play in communicating persuasive messages? How do we use recent discoveries in cognitive science to promote a cause, advocate social change or market ideas and products? How do we defend ourselves against manipulation and undue influence, and when does persuasion turn into propaganda? Marshall Soules is the founder and former Chair of the Media Studies Department at Vancouver Island University. In 2011, he was awarded an Outstanding Service Award at VIU for his contributions to the field of Communications and Media Studies. Previous publications reflect his interest in performance, improvisation, digital media, and street art. Zusammenfassung Offers an overview of persuasive strategies and propaganda techniques. How do individuals and organisations exert influence to build communities and networks? What role do media play in communicating persuasive messages? How do we use recent discoveries in cognitive science to promote a cause! advocate social change or market ideas and products? Inhaltsverzeichnis Case Studies; 1. Orientalism; Explores western scholarly and media portrayals of the Orient - the Middle East! North Africa! and Islam - for ideological purposes.; 2. Abu Ghraib Exposed; Examines the disturbing images which emerged in the US media in 2004 exposing the torture of Iraqi prisoners by the American military and CIA operatives in Abu Ghraib prison! Baghdad.; 3. PR and Climate Change; Delves into Cuba's Revolutionary Landscape to look at the presentation of climate issues.; 4. The Power of Nightmares; British filmmaker Adam Curtis argues that the global 'war on terror' is based on a myth providing politicians with their power to govern.; 5. Rupert Murdoch and his News Corporation Scandal; 6. The Israel Lobby; In March 2009! British MP George Galloway was denied entry into Canada because he supported Hamas! an elected political party in Gaza identified as a terrorist organisation by the Canadian government. Soules examines the pro-Israel lobby as a significant source of flak challenging media reports on Israeli-Palestinian relations.; 7. Fox News; Raises issues about journalistic ethics and management interference! especially when that interference is sustained! partisan! and inflammatory.; 8. Ai Wei Wei: Never Sorry; In his notorious 1995 performance piece! dissident Chinese artist Ai Wei Wei photographed himself dropping an ancient Han Dynasty urn which smashed at his feet. This case study explores the aftermath and how Ai Wei Wei became a hero of dissent for critics of China's human rights policies. ...

Product details

• Authors: Soules, Marshall Soules
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2015
• EAN: 9780748644155
• ISBN: 978-0-7486-4415-5
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Media Topics; Media Topics; Media Topics Eup
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)