Propaganda and the Ethics of Persuasion - Second Edition

ISBN-13: 9781554810918 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 392 str.

Marlin, Randal

Opis

Randal Marlin's classic text on the history and ethics of propaganda is updated in this new edition.

Spis treści

List of Illustrations
Preface to the First Edition
Preface to the Second Edition

CHAPTER 1: Why Study Propaganda?

• Introduction
  Definition
  Two Major Propaganda Theorists: George Orwell and Jacques Ellul
  Plan of the Book

Chapter 2: History of Propaganda

• Introduction
  Athens
  Rome
  The Early Christian Era
  From the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment
  The French Revolution and Its Aftermath
  Later Nineteenth-Century Developments
  British Propaganda in World War I
  Leninist Propaganda
  Nazi Propaganda
  World War II to the Present Day, In Brief
  Conclusion

CHAPTER 3: Propaganda Technique: An Analysis

• Introduction
  Overview
  Devices Involving Language Manipulation
  Non-Verbal Techniques
  Conclusion

CHAPTER 4: Ethics and Propaganda

• Introduction: What Is Ethics?
  Ethical Theories
  The Morality of Lying
  Misleading without Actually Lying
  The Ethics of Communication
  On the Ethics of Propaganda
  Conclusion: Propaganda and Autonomy

CHAPTER 5: Advertising and Public Relations Ethics

• Introduction
  Advertising
  Public Relations Ethics
  Conclusion

CHAPTER 6: Freedom of Expression: Some Classical Arguments

• Introduction
  John Milton
  John Stuart Mill
  Modern Communications Media: A Free and Open Encounter?
  Additional Free Speech Arguments
  Conclusion

CHAPTER 7: The Question of Controls

• Introduction
  Controls on Hate Propaganda
  Advertising
  Government Controls on the Media
  The Media Controls Itself
  Government Information
  Addendum, 2012

CHAPTER 8: Propaganda, Democracy, and the Internet

• The Achievements and Promise of the Internet
  Uncertainties and Negative Features
  Strategies for Democratizing the Net
  Propaganda Analysis
  Conclusion

Bibliography
Permission Acknowledgements
Index