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In reply to the discussion: Want to know just how fake some pro-TPP people really are? [View all]OnyxCollie
(9,958 posts)10. Integration propaganda
Jacques Ellul (1973) calls the type of propaganda designed to incite revolution or to undermine existing regimes the "propaganda of agitation." Ellul also describes another type which he believes to be much more important than agitation propaganda for people living in developed nations. Every modern social system uses what Ellul calls the "propaganda of integration" to promote acceptance and support among its citizens for that system.
Integration propaganda is important because no modern society can function for long without at least the implicit support of most of its citizens. Integration propaganda is promulgated not in pamphlets put out by small groups of subversives or in broadcasts made by foreign powers, but in the main channels of communication - newspapers, television, movies, textbooks, political speeches etc.-produced by some of the most influential, powerful, and respected people in a society. It is therefore difficult to recognize despite (or perhaps because of) its omnipresence, particularly because it is based upon ideals and biases that are accepted by most members of the society.
It is important here to point out an assumption that may be disputed by some psychologists that underlies all propaganda analysis: That beliefs, attitudes, and cognitions play a crucial role in the determination of political opinions and behavior. Propaganda researchers should participate in determining the exact role played by ideas in politics, but few scholars would become actively involved in propaganda analysis if they did not believe that what people read, hear, see, and think is an important determinant of their political actions.
Silverstein, B. (1987). Toward a science of propaganda. Political Psychology (8)1. 49-59.
Integration propaganda is important because no modern society can function for long without at least the implicit support of most of its citizens. Integration propaganda is promulgated not in pamphlets put out by small groups of subversives or in broadcasts made by foreign powers, but in the main channels of communication - newspapers, television, movies, textbooks, political speeches etc.-produced by some of the most influential, powerful, and respected people in a society. It is therefore difficult to recognize despite (or perhaps because of) its omnipresence, particularly because it is based upon ideals and biases that are accepted by most members of the society.
It is important here to point out an assumption that may be disputed by some psychologists that underlies all propaganda analysis: That beliefs, attitudes, and cognitions play a crucial role in the determination of political opinions and behavior. Propaganda researchers should participate in determining the exact role played by ideas in politics, but few scholars would become actively involved in propaganda analysis if they did not believe that what people read, hear, see, and think is an important determinant of their political actions.
Silverstein, B. (1987). Toward a science of propaganda. Political Psychology (8)1. 49-59.
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Start with Omar Kahn. Democratic campaign worker from FLA and Crist campaign,
TheNutcracker
May 2015
#1
Agree w U! Anyone who is labelled as a "Democratic campaign worker" for the state of
truedelphi
May 2015
#19
So, the key to whether something is bad for us is whether there is a public protest?
Hoyt
May 2015
#2
Well, no. "Street protests" have heralded every social advance of the past 100 years.
DirkGently
May 2015
#70
The message is garbled gobbledygook. Just another shovel of bullshit on an already tall pile.
Buzz Clik
May 2015
#28
The Vietnam protests drew puplic interests because the war was wrong. Too young to remember?
L0oniX
May 2015
#16
Didn't say some protests weren't justified. I bet I'm twice as old as you, or close to it.
Hoyt
May 2015
#42
Public protest PLUS no media coverage. Remember all the antiwar protests on teevee?
valerief
May 2015
#37
Public polling by the Pew Research Center polling doesn't support your assertion
cheapdate
May 2015
#82
Then start showing me a reasonable and well thought out policy position.
DisgustipatedinCA
May 2015
#8
Then maybe you shouldn't write posts that suggest people don't need to exercise their rights.
DisgustipatedinCA
May 2015
#13
And yet, the Bundy freaks are more legitimate than the online pro-TPP astroturf shills
brentspeak
May 2015
#9
the overtly disdainful communication style of authoritarians perplexes me
carolinayellowdog
May 2015
#23
"There is no actual public support for the TPP." That's not what the polls show.
pampango
May 2015
#17
Either that or Democrats view international negotiations and agreements as the way to deal
pampango
May 2015
#50
The reality is that there is a huge disconnect between the republican establishment and base.
pampango
May 2015
#61
So you stand with the Republican Establishment (this time? lol), against the DEMOCRATIC base. nt
Romulox
May 2015
#66
I understand that the Democratic base supports it according to the polls. It is the republican base
pampango
May 2015
#68
don't give 'em any ideas, they have the dough to hire like a million people to march on the Mall
MisterP
May 2015
#18
And then there are those who are only for it because Barack Obama is for it. And
totodeinhere
May 2015
#24
And there are plenty of Republicans who have that attitude. But I think that
totodeinhere
May 2015
#100
You know very well there have been leaked details, and that's what people object to.
Marr
May 2015
#87
A stretch if you ask me - I haven't seen any public rallies in favor of air recently, either!
George II
May 2015
#31
There are, however, protests about dirty air almost daily somewhere in the US.
BillZBubb
May 2015
#36
Democrats are mindless Obama cheerleaders. Right-wing talk radio needs to expose this right away!
pampango
May 2015
#62
Yep. So many stand with the corporations and then claim to stand with the exploited.
raouldukelives
May 2015
#83
Holy shit-- well, at least you're being honest here. CEO's = important, workers = not
Marr
May 2015
#88
Also in the 2012 Republican Party Platform- so you could say it's Buy-Partisan
nationalize the fed
May 2015
#44