Strategic Communication and Deformative Transparency - Persuasion in Politics, Propaganda, and Public Health

This book examines deformative transparency and its different manifestations in political communication, propaganda and public health.

List of contents

Introduction 1. Grotesque transparency: theoretical and methodological foundations 2. Alternate reflexivity: the politics of excesses 3. Sacralization and profanation in public communication 4. Public health, fragmentation and the legitimacy of the grotesque 5. Strategy, transparency, aesthetics and the ethics of the realistically grotesque Conclusion: change and atavism in grotesque transparency

About the author

Isaac Nahon-Serfaty is Associate Professor and Chair in the Department of Communication at the University of Ottawa, Canada

Summary

This book examines deformative transparency and its different manifestations in political communication, propaganda and public health.

Additional text

"This book illustrates commonly used discourses of extremists, radicals, and organizations advocating for difficult causes. Emergent communication technologies enhance the outrageous character of images and metaphorical expressions aimed to capture the imagination, attention, and interest of distracted and increasingly fragmented audiences. Dr. Nahon-Serfaty’s strong academic and professional authority adds legitimacy to this innovative scholarship." -Juan-Carlos Molleda, University of Florida, USA

Product details

• Authors: Isaac Nahon-Serfaty, Isaac (University of Ottawa Nahon-Serfaty, Nahon-Serfaty Isaac
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2018
• EAN: 9781138656659
• ISBN: 978-1-138-65665-9
• No. of pages: 112
• Series: Routledge Research in Communication Studies; Routledge Research in Communication Studies; Routledge Focus on Communication Studies
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Propaganda, Communication Studies, Public health & preventive medicine, Political campaigning & advertising, Political campaigning and advertising