Impact Of Propaganda Research Articles

Деятельность Совинформбюро за рубежом в годы Великой Отечественной войны: эффективность и идеологические приоритеты

The article provides an overview of the main arguments by which the author defines the key role of the Soviet Information Bureau in the deployment of Soviet information and propaganda activities in the international arena during the Great Patriotic war. The paper contains a detailed description of the leading direction of the impact of this state organization on the public opinion of the alliance and neutral countries; it refers to the preparation and placement on the pages of foreign media of thousands of articles, essays, reports, etc. The author draws attention to the discrepancy between the huge number of texts prepared by the Information Bureau for foreign media and their low quality, that is, having clearly insufficient propaganda impact on foreign readers. Based on the analysis of the documents found in the archives, it was concluded that most of the materials sent abroad were not published. The researcher points to the reasons for the lack of adaptation of articles and essays of the Soviet Information Bureau to the requirements of the Western information market; among them there are ideological engagement of authors, lack of highly professional staff of writers and journalists, formalism in the work of the Soviet Information Bureau. However, the author emphasizes the importance of the initiatives of the Soviet Information Bureau for the international promotion of outstanding achievements of the Soviet people in the struggle against fascism.

On synergy of economics and propaganda

Introduction.The article explores the evolution of the global economic system in the context of economic theories developed by Smith, Keynes, and Friedman and the impact of propaganda on that evolution. Materials and methods.The study used both General scientific and traditional methods used in political science and Economics. Research result.The influence of propaganda is evidenced by the uprise of the Keynes-Bernays model in the middle of the 20th century, followed by the neo-economic model the beginning of the 21st century in which propaganda is dominating. In this model supply and demand, as well as value added, quotations, prices, etc. are created by the flows of information. Furthermore, the article introduces the “rule of four parts” which is characteristic of the modern labor market in developed countries. The data about the newest computer technologies in propaganda lead to the conclusions on its new potential in politics and economics. Conclusion.The authors postulate the synergy between propaganda and economy, a phenomenon which requires further research.

The impact of pro-russian public organizations and parties on the annexation of the Crimea by the Russian Federation

A crucial role in the annexation of the peninsula by the Russian Federation was played by pro-Russian parties and movements that had been established with the Kremlin's intelligence agencies, having been financially supported for more than twenty years. On the territory of the Crimea, where the Kremlin authorities created a network of agents, the role of subversion is the most obviously tracked, being a significant segment of Russian policy. A propaganda component proved to be the key in the Russian incorporation of the Crimea, not being an addition to armed aggression, but an independent element of the hybrid war against Ukraine, and the information and psychological influence of Moscow through the media and the Internet on the population both in Ukraine and, in fact, in Russia, was unprecedented for the entire post-Soviet era. The objective of the author is to reveal the courses of action of the pro-Russian parties and organizations in the interests of a foreign state, the psychological and informational effect on the audience during the latent phase of annexation, and the so-called Crimean Spring. Despite the contemporary nature of the issue, there is a lack of relevant detailed research on this theme. Scientific exploration dedicated to the prognostication of events related to the implementation of hybrid war techniques and the analysis of the media security and counteraction to information and psychological operations, mainly consider both the social and political aspects of the propaganda impact. Beyond the attention of the study there is a public factor that highlights the propaganda methods applied in conditions of hybrid warfare.The scientific novelty of the paper is to conduct a study of the primary tendencies in the activities of pro-Russian parties and public organizations in the context of Moscow's falsification of historical facts, the formation of negative opinions about Ukrainian leadership and political elites, discrediting European integration, as well as a rapprochement with NATO member states.

The Role of the Media in the Propagation of the Terrorist Agenda

The thesis of this paper is that jihadists are using terror as a propaganda weapon to create a high level of fear among the public around the world, a level above the actual threat. We believe the media and national leaders enhance the effectiveness of the jihadists' propaganda in the ways they present terror attacks. Previous research indicates that horrific events, whether created by humans or the result of nature, leave a lasting psychological impact on the victims. We show a psychological link by victims of the Mumbai attack seven years ago and the Paris attacks in November of 2015. We argue that the psychological impact may be caused when the cultural signifiers of terror result in a meaning abyss because most people do not have signifieds that readily link to brutal terrorists' signifiers. What Derrida described as the abyss occurs when acts of brutality create panic and chaos because most people do not know assign signifieds-- i.e., meanings-- to the brutality. Kenneth Burke critiqued Mein Kampf by explaining how Adolph Hitler had used god terms and evil terms to create ideological agreement with Hitler's concept that the Aryan race was being undermined by a Jewish conspiracy. We examine how the news media coverage of nine terrorist attacks invoked god terms and evil terms in their description of the terror created by the jihadists. Further, we looked for chaos terms, which are terms that describe such inhumane acts of terror that people do not have existing signifieds to translate those acts into meaning. Not only did we find that chaos terms in the news coverage, as well as the god terms and evil terms, but we also found chaos terms used by world leaders. We draw the conclusion that both the media and world leaders contribute to the propaganda impact of jihadists attacks by using chaos terms.

Критико-социологический анализ пропагандистских аспектов социологического дискурса Украины: постановка проблемы

The article emphasizes the importance of investigating the concept of ideology within the sociological approach. This will provide an opportunity to identify the mechanisms of its functioning. Sociological discourse is considered by the authors as one of the potentially effective tools of political influence and propaganda. It is noted that the sociological discourse is characterized by a specific set of propaganda and manipulative techniques and technologies, which leads to the propaganda impact of sociological discourse on mass political consciousness. Particular attention is paid to the analysis of the properties of the gain propaganda sociological discourse; critical reflection is subject to a number of studies in the sphere of politics, which were carried out well-known research centers of Ukraine. The authors conclude that under a divided society sociological discourse is gradually becoming a source and an effective tool for enhancing social separateness, forming a gap between social groups. Naturally, the decision of the contradictions that exist in the system of sociological knowledge it is a long and complex process, so the authors only outlined the existing problems, not predicting future trends in the development of social science.

Words, war and terror

ABSTRACTStarts with excerpt from Geoffrey Hughes, Words of War (ET17, 1989). The lexicon of war in the twenty-first century. The major development since this article was published (1989, the year that the Berlin Wall came down) was the terrorist attack on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon on 11 September 2001, now styled ‘9/11’. This used a stupefyingly original strategy of attacking the heart of America's capitalist and military establishment with the unconventional weapons of civilian aircraft and kamikazi pilots. Indeed, the bombing was a more ruthless variation of Pearl Harbour, being a hijack, less damaging in terms of hardware, but far more devastating in its effect on national morale and its propaganda impact. On a smaller scale, suicide bombings have now become relatively common.

Publish to Perish: regime choices and propaganda impact in the Anti-Falungong Publications Campaign, July 1999–April 2000

This article analyses the operational choices and policy impact of the Anti-Falungong Publications Campaign in 1999–2000, in particular, the campaign strategy, publisher selection, propaganda themes, and public receptivity. It finds that the state-controlled publications industry still possesses formidable institutional capacity, producing three series of 120 titles in nine months, in a vintage year of major anniversaries and special events all requiring commemorative publications. But the campaign also reveals some basic institutional weaknesses of the propaganda system. The 120 anti-Falungong titles had only limited circulation. None of the 120 titles made it to the best publications or best-sellers list. The above findings suggest that the publications industry is more market-driven than regime driven, its operational choices informed more by best-selling trends and financial bottom-lines rather than dictates of the Propaganda Department.

Media effects on political confidence and trust in the People's Republic of China in the post-Tiananmen period

Based on a nationwide survey conducted in mainland China between September 1993 and June 1994, this study explores the impact of propaganda of the Communist government on people's attitudes toward specific political institutions and toward the government in general. Our study shows that the news media in China have negative effects on people's attitudes toward political institutions in general and make people distrust government. Several competing interpretations are offered to explain the negative correlation between media exposure and political trust. Despite serious efforts, we are unable to falsify the relationship between media exposure and people's attitudes toward government. These findings clearly demonstrate that the propaganda of the regime failed in nurturing supportive sentiment among people in Chinese society in the post-Tiananmen era.

A Comprehensive Analysis of the Survey of Radio and Television Audiences in the Rural Areas

The survey was conducted between September and November 1987 by a survey team formed by the Propaganda Department of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee, the Ministry of Radio, Television, and Film, scholars and students from the Beijing Broadcasting Institute and the Journalism Department of the People's University of China, and the Rural Area Survey Team of the State Bureau of Statistics. The report investigated the current status, issues, and trends of radio and television broadcasting in the underdeveloped rural areas in China. In investigating the current status of radio and television broadcasting and the impact of propaganda, the team conducted a large-scale sampling survey of radio and television audiences in the rural areas. The survey's sampling frame included 846 counties with net household income between 150 yuan (U.S. $40.6) and 400 yuan (U.S. $108.3) in 1986.1 Twelve counties were selected as random samples by strata and 1, 200 households were included. For comparison sake, a sampl...

The truth of authority: ideology and communication in the Soviet Union

Thomas Remington discusses the methods used by the Communist Party to manage communications in Soviet society. Covering literature produced by Soviet scholars from the 1970s and 1980s, that studies the organization, content, usage, and impact of propaganda, Remington views how Party officials intrinsically manage the structure of the Soviet communications system, through rhetoric of both conservatism and reform.

Authoritarianism and Political Behavior

I N common sense language, the authoritarian is the individual who is concerned with power and toughness and who is prone to resolve conflict in an arbitrary manner. He is seen as having strong and persistent desires that others submit to his outlook. Social psychology in recent years has added the observation that the authoritarian person has another powerful desire of which he is not fully aware. He himself desires to submit to other individuals whom he sees as more powerful. The predisposition of the authoritarian individual to conform to an authority is directly relevant to the study of political behavior in a democratic society. The F scale developed by the Berkeley group was designed specifically as a personality scale to identify anti-democratic individuals in a population.2 Any reliable and valid method of analysis of such personality variables is of crucial importance in the study of political propaganda impact, the effectiveness of campaign arguments and appeals, the conditions under which political protest movements are likely to attract support, and a host of similar problems. This paper reports the findings of an attempt to investigate (a) the extent of the authoritarian predispositions in two nation-wide samples and (b) the link between such predispositions and certain types of political behavior and attitudes. In the light of our present knowledge and research techniques, it is neither necessary nor feasible to postulate that we are concerned with authoritarian personality. To talk about personality implies a comprehensive understanding of the life development of an individual's emotions. Instead, authoritarianism can be seen as a characteristic psychological reaction pattern to a wide variety of social situations. Since it is a characteristic reaction pattern