Table of Contents

Introduction by Ted J. Smith, III Social Responses to Twentieth-Century Propaganda by J. Michael Sproule Propaganda and Order in Modern Society by J. Fred MacDonald Western and Totalitarian Views of Propaganda by Randall L. Bytwerk Propaganda as a Form of Communication by Victoria O'Donnell and Garth S. Jowett Propaganda and the Technique of Deception by Ted J. Smith, III "Active Measures" in Contemporary Soviet Strategy by Roy Godson Propaganda and the Law: The Case of Three Canadian Films by J. Justin Gustainis Ideology and Propaganda: Toward an Integrative Approach by Nicholas F. S. Burnett Deceptive Advertising and the Power of Suggestion by J. David Kennamer Smoke and Mirrors: A Confirmation of Jacques Ellul's Theory of Information-Use in Propaganda by Stanley B. Cunningham The Rhetoric of "Nuclear Education" by J. Michael Hogan and David Olsen Bibliography Index

About the Author

TED J. SMITH, III, is an Associate Professor in the School of Mass Communications, Virginia Commonwealth University. He is the author of the 1988 books Moscow Meets Main Street and The Vanishing Economy.

Reviews

"This book analyzes propaganda from a multidisciplinary focus. Topics address such issues as theoretical and definitional concerns, the nature of suggestion, the relationship between propaganda and ideology, and the interaction of propaganda and truth."-Jobem
?This book analyzes propaganda from a multidisciplinary focus. Topics address such issues as theoretical and definitional concerns, the nature of suggestion, the relationship between propaganda and ideology, and the interaction of propaganda and truth.?-Jobem