Propaganda and rhetoric in democracy : history, theory, analysis / edited by Gae Lyn Henderson and M.J. Braun ; with a foreword by Charles Bazerman.

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Book
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English
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Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2016.
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xi, 286 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

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    Summary note
    "Offers new perspectives on the history of propaganda, explores how it has evolved during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and advances a nuanced understanding of what it means to call discourse propaganda"-- Provided by publisher.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • Foreword / Charles Bazerman
    • Introduction: a call for renewed attention to propaganda in writing studies and rhetoric / Gae Lyn Henderson and M.J. Braun
    • Part 1: Historical and theoretical studies of propaganda --Democracy and disclosure: Edward Bernays and the manipulation of the masses / Sharon J. Kirsch
    • Jane Addams: a foe of rhetorics of control / Lanette Grate
    • The psychological power of propaganda: from psychoanalysis to Kenneth Burke / Gae Lyn Henderson
    • Elizabeth Bowen's wavering attitude toward World War II propaganda / Stefania Porcelli
    • Propaganda defined / Thomas Huckin
    • A taxonomy of bullshit / Gary Thompson
    • Part 2: Propaganda's challenge to democracy: sites and mechanisms of social control
    • Popular economics: neoliberal propaganda and its affectivity / Catherine Chaput
    • Privatized propaganda and broadcast news: legitimizing the call-to-arms / John Oddo and Patricia Dunmire
    • Attention! rumor bombs, affect, and managed democracy 3.0 / Jayson Harsin
    • The contract with America: a legal, social, and rhetorical contractual obligation / Meg H. Kunde
    • Propagandist management: 'sustainability' in the corporatized public university / Laural Lea Adams
    • Conclusion: writing dissent in the propaganda flood / Robert Jensen.
    ISBN
    • 9780809335060 ((paperback))
    • 0809335069 ((paperback))
    LCCN
    2016010037
    OCLC
    929544276
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