Propaganda, Power and Persuasion
From World War I to Wikileaks
Published on 30. November 2013
Book
Hardback
272 pages
978-1-78076-458-0 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
30 bw integrated
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-78076-458-0 (9781780764580)
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11/2013
I.B. Tauris
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David Welch is Professor of Modern History and Director of the Centre for the Study of Propaganda, War & Society at the University of Kent. His publications include Propaganda and the German Cinema, 1933-1945 (I.B.Tauris, 2001), Propaganda and Mass Persuasion. A Historical Encyclopedia from 1500 to the Present (with David Culbert and Nicholas Cull) (2003), and Justifying War: Propaganda, Politics and the Modern Age (with Jo Fox, 2012).
Content
List of Illustrations 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