Politics and Propaganda: Weapons of Mass Seduction

by Nicholas Jackson O'Shaughnessy

Book Overview

From the taunting videos of Osama Bin Laden to the partisan euphoria of the embedded journalist, from the visual rhetoric of the anti-globalisation movement to the empire of spin to the scalding polemics of American campaign advertising, propaganda is back. This book provides a full and detailed analysis of the phenomenon of propaganda, its meaning, content and urgent significance. It is one of the most original works ever published on the subject...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719068533
• ISBN13: 9780719068539
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"