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The propaganda model and sociology : understanding the media and society

open access: yes, 2010
This article unpacks reasons why the Propaganda Model represents a critical sociological approach to understanding media and society, explores the model’s potential within the sociological field, and considers the trajectory of its reputational reception
Klaehn, Jeffery, Mullen, Andrew
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Tagging the Emirate: Language, Coordination and the Taliban's Digital Pursuit of Legitimacy

open access: yesGlobal Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how political actors leverage social media in Afghanistan as a tool for political legitimation. Framing social media as a potential supply of legitimacy, it analysed X (formerly known as Twitter) content posted by the former Afghan government, humanitarian and Taliban political accounts between January 2020 and December ...
Hannah Oates
wiley   +1 more source

The Influence of Atheist Propaganda of the Communist Regime on the Lives of Believers and Their Children (1946-1991)

open access: yes, 2021
The article is devoted to the analysis of the antireligious policy of the Soviet government, which was carried out by the communist regime in Ukraine in the cultural and educational spheres to completely eradicate religion from the lives of the Soviet ...
Brehunets, Nina   +3 more
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Spectacle and Spy Stories: The 1954 Royal Commission on Espionage

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Menzies government's 1954 royal commission, established to investigate Soviet espionage in Australia, is well known as the backdrop to the Labor Party split. It saw opposition leader H.V. Evatt's demise and ushered in an almost 20‐year period of Liberal Party governance.
Ebony Nilsson
wiley   +1 more source

"Oh! It's All One Big Happy Time": Examining the Emotional Experiences of Canadian Servicewomen during the Second World War [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
This thesis explores the emotional experiences of Canadian servicewomen during the Second World War and their reactions to service life. Almost two years after entering the war, the Canadian government concluded that enlisting women in the military freed
University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science   +1 more
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‘The White Hordes From the West’: Race and Refuge in Australian Media Commentary About White Rhodesians During Zimbabwe's Decolonisation

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article explores Australian media commentary on white Rhodesians migrating to Australia, focusing on the period of Malcolm Fraser's prime ministership (1975–1983). The main argument is that the Australian media debates about whether to classify white Rhodesians as ‘migrants’ or ‘refugees’ were not merely semantic but reflected a deeper ...
George Bishi, Ana Stevenson
wiley   +1 more source

Teaching towards Democracy with Postmodern and Popular Culture Texts

open access: yes, 2014
Georgia Southern University faculty member Katie L. Brkich co-authored “Shadows of the Past: Historical Interpretation, Propaganda Awareness, and the Story of Ender Wiggin” alongside non-faculty members Christopher Andrew Brkich and Tim Barko in Teaching
Lake, Robert L.   +2 more
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Combating propaganda texts using transfer learning

open access: yes, 2023
Recently, it has been observed that people are shifting away from traditional news media sources towards trusting social networks to gather news information.
Dia Abujaber   +9 more
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Decentralized propaganda in the era of digital media: The massive presence of the Chinese state on Douyin

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract The rise of social media in the digital era poses unprecedented challenges to authoritarian regimes that aim to influence public attitudes and behaviors. To address these challenges, we argue that authoritarian regimes have adopted a decentralized approach to produce and disseminate propaganda on social media.
Yingdan Lu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lines of beauty: propaganda, the poster, and the pictorial trope

open access: yes, 2014
Propaganda conceived for distribution via the medium of the pictorial poster creates artwork that can be productively examined from an aesthetic as well as political perspective.
Williams, Georgina
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