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Nov 2024
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Episode 52- Propaganda: Power & Persuas...

ANTONY ROTUNNO
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To round off the year, we present another multi-part series, this time on a fascinating topic that I have come to see as something of an art form. The main material being used is David Welch’s very accessible and even-handed book ‘Propaganda: Power & Persuasion, which accompanied an exhibition on the topic at the British Library in 2013.

 

Is propaganda good or bad? Or does it just depend on who’s propagating the information? In Part 1, we look at definitions of propaganda, some of the history of it, and we begin to build up a picture of its place in our society. Part 2 will be on its way soon

 

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Link to David Welch’s book

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17674209-propaganda

 

episode links

What is propaganda?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda

 

Edward Bernays’s seminal book

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/493212.Propaganda

 

25 powerful propaganda posters

https://www.emlii.com/25-most-powerful-propaganda-posters-that-made-all-the-difference/

 

Noam Chomsky propaganda lecture

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9shpeKIXCMc&t=1181s

 

Theaters of War (Hollywood propaganda)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theaters_of_War

 

Top Gun’s crude/clever propaganda

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9XqeE21bAU

 

Rory Sutherland’s superb TED talks on advertising

https://www.ted.com/talks/rory_sutherland_perspective_is_everything

https://www.ted.com/talks/rory_sutherland_life_lessons_from_an_ad_man

 

Muhammad Ali on the black/white issue in culture (1971)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RI6X386lc9A&t=9s

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