Propaganda, Power and Persuasion

From World War I to Wikileaks

Häftad, Engelska, 2015

AvDavid Welch,UK) Welch, David (University of Kent

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Propaganda came of age in the Twentieth Century. The development of mass- and multi-media offered a fertile ground for propaganda while global conflict provided the impetus needed for its growth. Propaganda has however become a portmanteau word, which can be interpreted in a number of different ways. What are the characteristic features of propaganda, and how can it be defined? This book traces the development of techniques of 'opinion management' from World War I to the war in Afghanistan. It reveals how state leaders and spin-doctors operating at the behest of the state, sought to shape popular attitudes - at home and overseas - endeavouring to harness new media with the objective of winning hearts and minds. In doing so, it provides compelling evidence of how the study and practice of propaganda today is shaped by its history.

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Utgivningsdatum2015-06-19
Mått154 x 232 x 10 mm
Vikt840 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor272
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9781784533571

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List of Illustrations Notes on Contributors.AcknowledgementsIntroduction:‘Opening Pandora’s Box’. Propaganda and Persuasion in the Information AgeDavid Welch The Great War1. Propaganda, Memory and Identity: the battle of the Falkland Islands, December1914 Mark Connelly 2. Images of the Hun. The Portrayal of the German Enemy in British Propaganda in World War OneDavid WelchInterwar Period and the Second World War3. The British at War. George Arliss the Superstar as PropagandistJeffrey Richards4. Institutional and ideological rivalry between the MOI Films Division and British Council over the presentation of Britain during WW2James Chapman5. Today Germany Tomorrow the World. Nazi Propaganda and Total War, 1943-45David WelchCold War and Post Cold War 6. The Tragedy of American Public Diplomacy, 1989-1999: The Last Decade of the United States Information Agency ReconsideredNick Cull7. Radio Free Asia and China’s Harmonious SocietyGary Rawnsley 8. NATO’s Information WarfareEdward SpiersStrategic Communications9. Strategic Communications and the Combatant CommanderJeffrey B. Jones, Daniel T. Kuehl, Daniel Burgess, Russell Rochte 10. British Military Doctrine and Strategy and the Importance of PropagandaKate Utting11. Bridging the Firewall? Information Operations in US Army Doctrine in the Iraq War 2003-2005.Stephen BadseyContemporary Modes of Propaganda and the War on Terrorism12. (Mis)Communication Wars: Terrorism, Counterterrorism and the MediaCristina Archetti 13. WikiLeaks and Cybersecurity: New Modes of PropagandaDavid Culbert 14. ‘Telling it like it is’; Contemporary War, Propaganda and the StatePiers Robinson Select BibliographyIndex