How do we define propaganda? Is propaganda always bad? What is not propaganda? Most people think propaganda is fundamentally irrational. After doing that we will be able to see how the seven theories of propaganda (including Ellul’s) line up in relation to the controversies. In this article I hope to show that not only is it not dated, but it is still among the top theories in propaganda today.īefore we can begin to compare the propaganda theory of Jacques Ellul to other theories, we must address issues within propaganda theory. Still, when I decided to read the book, I had some reservations, thinking it would be dated in many places. Many of the quotes from his book Propaganda amazed me, considering the book was written almost 60 years ago. When I was preparing for a course I had created, “Brainwashing, Propaganda and Rhetoric: Dark Psychology in the 20th Century” I came across the name Jacques Ellul over and over again.
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