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Propaganda, Power and Persuasion
From World War I to Wikileaks
Propaganda, Power and Persuasion
From World War I to Wikileaks
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As Philip Taylor has written, 'The challenge (of the modern information age) is to ensure that no single propaganda source gains monopoly over the information and images that shape our thoughts. If this happens, the war propagandists will be back in business again.' 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? The distinguished contributors to this book trace the development of techniques of 'opinion management' from the First World War to the current conflict in Afghanistan. They reveal 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. The book provides compelling evidence of how the study and practice of propaganda today is shaped by its history.
Table of Contents
Notes on Contributors.
Acknowledgements
Introduction:
'Opening Pandora's Box'. Propaganda and Persuasion in the Information Age
David Welch
The Great War
1. 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 One
David Welch
Interwar Period and the Second World War
3. The British at War. George Arliss the Superstar as Propagandist
Jeffrey Richards
4. Institutional and ideological rivalry between the MOI Films Division and British Council over the presentation of Britain during WW2
James Chapman
5. Today Germany Tomorrow the World. Nazi Propaganda and Total War, 1943-45
David Welch
Cold War and Post Cold War
6. The Tragedy of American Public Diplomacy, 1989-1999: The Last Decade of the United States Information Agency Reconsidered
Nick Cull
7. Radio Free Asia and China's Harmonious Society
Gary Rawnsley
8. NATO's Information Warfare
Edward Spiers
Strategic Communications
9. Strategic Communications and the Combatant Commander
Jeffrey B. Jones, Daniel T. Kuehl, Daniel Burgess, Russell Rochte
10. British Military Doctrine and Strategy and the Importance of Propaganda
Kate Utting
11. Bridging the Firewall? Information Operations in US Army Doctrine in the Iraq War 2003-2005.
Stephen Badsey
Contemporary Modes of Propaganda and the War on Terrorism
12. (Mis)Communication Wars: Terrorism, Counterterrorism and the Media
Cristina Archetti
13. WikiLeaks and Cybersecurity: New Modes of Propaganda
David Culbert
14. 'Telling it like it is'; Contemporary War, Propaganda and the State
Piers Robinson
Select Bibliography
Index
Product details
| Published | Nov 27 2013 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 272 |
| ISBN | 9780857724816 |
| Imprint | I.B. Tauris |
| Illustrations | 30 bw integrated |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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