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Propaganda & Persuasion 7th Edition
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Reflecting the remarkable changes in the world of propaganda due to the increasing use of social media, this updated Seventh Edition provides a systematic introduction to the increasingly complex world of propaganda. Viewing propaganda as a form of communication, the authors help you understand information and persuasion so you can understand the characteristics of propaganda and how it works as a communication process. Providing provocative case studies and fascinating examples of the use of propaganda from ancient times up through the present day, Propaganda and Persuasion provides an original model that helps you analyze the instances of propaganda and persuasion you encounter in everyday life.
New to the Seventh Edition:
- New coverage of social media as a disseminator of propaganda offers you an up-to-date perspective.
- The book’s four case studies have been updated and strengthened to demonstrate their relevance not only to past and contemporary culture, but also to the study of propaganda campaigns.
- New coverage of how a propaganda case study can be structured to reveal the components of a campaign allows you to compare strengths and weaknesses across different types of campaigns and evaluate the relative success of various propaganda strategies.
- Updated research on persuasion and expanded coverage of collective memory as it appears in new memorials and monuments enhances the presentation.
- Current examples of propaganda, especially the ways it is disseminated via the Internet, deepen your understanding.
- New illustrations and photos add a unique visual dimension that helps you conceptualize methods of persuasion and propaganda.
- ISBN-101506371345
- ISBN-13978-1506371344
- Edition7th
- PublisherSAGE Publications, Inc
- Publication dateSeptember 27, 2018
- LanguageEnglish
- Dimensions6 x 0.94 x 9 inches
- Print length416 pages
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Victoria O’Donnell is Professor Emerita and former director of the University Honors Program and Professor of Communication at Montana State University–Bozeman. She also taught a seminar in television criticism for the School of Film and Photography at Montana State University. Previously she was the chair of the Department of Speech Communication at Oregon State University and chair of the Department of Communication and Public Address at the University of North Texas. In 1988 she taught for the American Institute of Foreign Studies at the University of London. She received her PhD from the Pennsylvania State University. She has published articles and chapters in a wide range of journals and books on topics concerning persuasion, the social effects of media, women in film and television, British politics, Nazi propaganda, collective memory, cultural studies theory, and science fiction films of the 1950s. She is also the author (with June Kable) of Persuasion: An Interactive-Dependency Approach, Propaganda and Persuasion (with Garth Jowett), Readings in Propaganda and Persuasion: New and Classic Essays (co-edited with Garth Jowett), Television Criticism, and Speech Communication. She made a film, Women, War, and Work: Shaping Space for Productivity in the Shipyards During World War II, for PBS through KUSM Public Television at Montana State University. She has also written television scripts for environmental films and has done voice-overs for several PBS films. She served on editorial boards of several journals. The recipient of numerous research grants, honors, and teaching awards, including being awarded the Honor Professorship at North Texas State University and the Montana State University Alumni Association and Bozeman Chamber of Commerce Award of Excellence, she has been a Danforth Foundation Associate and a Summer Scholar of the National Endowment for the Humanities. She has taught in Germany and has been a visiting lecturer at universities in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Wales. She has also served as a private consultant to the U.S. government, a state senator, the tobacco litigation plaintiffs, and many American corporations. She is an active volunteer with Intermountain Therapy Animals, taking her Golden Retriever, Gabriel, to the elementary schools where the children read to the dog in the R.E.A.D. program. She writes children’s stories about Gabriel. She is currently writing a novel about Ireland.
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- Publisher : SAGE Publications, Inc; 7th edition (September 27, 2018)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 416 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1506371345
- ISBN-13 : 978-1506371344
- Item Weight : 1.34 pounds
- Dimensions : 6 x 0.94 x 9 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #235,637 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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1. In my opinion, good textbooks introduce key terms and concepts and weave them together as an introduction to key topics in an area. The book does this well in chapter one, and I think the chapter on communication theories and media effects is okay too, but the other chapters tend to be overly historical. Ultimately, it means a lot of reading, and not reading I ended up discussing much.
2. Since the book is on its 7th edition, it strikes me that it's been edited too much without revisiting the coherence of the chapters and content. Key ideas are split between chapters. Historical events are spread throughout the book, so it feels like students are reading about Nazis or war propaganda fairly regularly. If assigning the book, consider browsing the content and think about how to cover all that content in a single unit (rather than in a unit about war and THEN a unit about media technology).
3. If assigning this as a key reading in a class, its limited number of chapters means there are few subjects in very long chunks. A solid edit of the book would split this content up into something like 12 subjects. The current version has only 8 chapters, but it's probably less if you don't consider the case studies chapter (which is good, but feels like non-essential content).
Ultimately, this is a classic textbook that probably needs a much better edition to keep up with the growing interest in propaganda since 2016.








