Propaganda Revisited: Understanding Propaganda in the Contemporary Communication Oriented World

Propaganda in Soviet Russia

Two years ago the writer found plenty of evidence. Red flags, censored newspapers, directed excursions, indoctrinated schools, motivated plays, didactic pictures, and continuous radio messages preach communism. Appeals to the need for security and class loyalty, dogmatic assertion of Marxian philosophy, the example of leaders, and calls to participation are used as incentives to action. The res...

Propaganda and credulity

Article history: Received 13 April 2016 Available online 28 December 2016 JEL classification: D83

The Theory of Political Propaganda

Sludge, biosolids, and the propaganda model of communication.

The Water Environment Federation's elaborate effort to rename sewage sludge as "biosolids" is an example in practice of the "propaganda model" of communications, which sees its task as indoctrinating target audiences with ideas favorable to the interests of the communicators. The propaganda model assumes that members of the public are irrational and focuses therefore on symbolic and emotional a...

Soviet Propaganda Posters