A sociological study of Soviet political posters that analyzes the shifts that took place in the images, messages, styles, and functions of political art from 1917 to 1953. It includes posters dating from the final decades of the old regime to the death of Stalin, located by the author in Russian, American, and English libraries and archives.
This work on broadcast propaganda shows how two theoretical perspectives, social construction of reality theory and media-system-dependency theory, can be applied to the ways in which nations use symbolic means to position themselves in international political competition.
Draws the reader into the wild euphoria of the Russian Revolution, as art and reality are bent to radically new purposes. This title takes the reader along to the dramatic final confrontation between writers and engineers that signalled the end of the Soviet empire.
Tells the story of two journeys - one literal, one imaginary - through contemporary Russia and through Soviet-era literature. This title examines both the landscape of 'Oriental despotism' and the books - and lives - of writers caught in the wheels of the system.
The twentieth century has been called "the century of propaganda". This book explores the concept of propaganda in a genuinely multi- disciplinary way. It begins by defining what propaganda is and how it came into existence, before analysing the three concepts that underpin all propaganda - symbolism, rhetoric and myth.
Political "image management" has become increasingly important not only in domestic policy but also in international affairs. This study examines the growth and impact of such campaigns, arguing that they do have a significant impact on the US foreign policy agenda.
Author identifies the characteristics of 'liberation propaganda' through the coverage and experience of the two Lebanese TV stations Tele Liban and Al Manar within the historical, cultural, organisational and religious contexts in which they operated, and how these elements shaped their professional practice and their news values.
This volume aims to show how the literature of youth has been subverted at key points in the 20th-century European history to promote the ideologies of a dominant political regime. Focusing on children's fiction, it examines, amongst others, the propaganda writing of Vichy France and Nazi Germany.
Propaganda has been a major tool of war from the earliest times and has never been more vital than in the 20th century - a time of continuous global conflict. This study of propaganda as a weapon of war includes contributions from leading academics, media professionals and the armed services.
Using various philosophical analyses and arguments, this work contends that the culture of propaganda is primarily rooted in a range of epistemological disservices - that propaganda is neither ethicly neutral nor indeterminate, and that its lack of ethics composes its very definition.
Contrary to the usual image of the press in its search for truth, this book depict how an underlying elite consensus largely structures all facets of the news. It is an account of how propagandistic our mass media are, and how we can learn to read them and see their function in a radical way. It reveals how issues are framed and topics are chosen.