by Propaganda
elitism, 149, 162–64, 205
304n85
Davey, Keith, 285
Ellsberg, Daniel, 333, 343n67
Coca-Cola, 188, 189, 213n4
David, Jacques-Louis, 49, 50
El ul, Jacques
Cockburn, Alexander, 215n63
Davies, Richard, 117
about, 22–25
Cohen, Maxwell, 237
Davis, William, 119
consent, 179
coinage, 86n27
debating, 41
definition of propaganda, 8, 10
Colbert, Stephen, xvi, 146
definition. See propaganda
French Revolution, 49
colonialism, 47–48, 165
deleted agent of the passive,
influence of, 4
Colson, Charles, 128
99–100
information technology, 312
Commager, Henry Steele, 101
deletion of a qualifying performa-
literacy, 73
commerical speech, 229–32
tive, 100–01
and propaganda, 14
Commission on Freedom of
democracy, 239–41
propaganda analysis, 25–27
the Press (Hutchins
deontological theories, 141–42
propaganda categories, 27–30
Commission), 268–71
Department of Information, 59
propaganda of integration, 37
Competition Act (Canada), 255–57 dependency effect, 194
El ul, Jacques (works)
conscience, 159–60
Devlin (Lord), 234
Histoire de la Propagande, 47
consequentialism, 141
dialectical shift, 13
The Political Illusion, 22
consistency, 227–28, 245n13
Dicey, Edward, 150–52
Propagandes, 22
Constantine (Emperor), 45, 46,
Dickson, Brian, 250–51
The Technological Society, 22–23
86n35
“Digital Dossiers and the
Emerson, Thomas I., 241
consumerism, 5, 301n19
Dissipation of Fourth
emotional appeals, 94–95, 168–70,
Content, 214n43
Amendment Privacy”
206–07, 237
context
(Solove), 330
Encyclopedia Britannica, 7–8
ethics, 177
dirty hands arguments, 158–62
“The Enforcement of Morals”
opinion polls, 124–26
dishonesty in gathering informa-
(Devlin), 234
propaganda analysis, 337
tion, 126–27
Engleberg, Stephen, 298
quotations, 108–09
distortion, 109
Enlightenment, 47–48
control (of people). See autonomy
divine favour, 16–17, 44, 45–46,
Esquire, 87n52
controls. See government controls
240
Estey, Willard Z., 280
Coolidge, Calvin, 204–05
Doing Public Journalism (Charity), ethical theories
Cooper, Frank, 107–08
320
about, 140
Corneille, Pierre, 51
Dominion Stores, 260
consequentialism, 141
corpse factory story, 65–71, 207
Don’t Think of an Elephant
deontological theories, 141–42
Cosgrove, Paul, 292
(Lakoff ), 99
ethical egoism, 142–43
Coughlin, Charles E., 102–04,
Doob, Leonard, 8, 9
ethics of conscience, 159–60
135n14
Dorfman, D.D., 132
ethics of responsibility, 159–60
Courbeck Loo, 88n60
Doublespeak (Lutz), 15
Kantianism, 141–42
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meta-ethics, 140
The Billionaires’ Tea Party,
German propaganda
moral scepticism, 140
xviiin2, 21
World War I, 56, 57
normative ethics, 140
Boer war, 56
See also Nazi propaganda
religion, 140–41
British propaganda during
Gillespie, Tarleton, 341n19
utilitarianism, 143
WWI, 58, 59, 62–63
Gillies, Phil, 293
ethics
film-tags, 63
Gingrich, Newt, 334
about, 139–40
Murphy’s Romance, 188
Gisevius, Hans, 89n95
of communication, 166–72
Nazi propaganda, 77–78, 80
Glassco, J. Grant, 283
context, 177
newsreels, 55
Glassco Report, 283–84
late nineteenth-century
Picnic, 213n4
Glebe Community Association,
Britain, 150–52
Red Nightmare, 28, 83, 281
341n26
objectivity, 177–78
sociological propaganda, 28
Glick, Jeremy, xvi
Ontario Press Council, 279
Triumph of the Will, 78
glittering generality, 102
political ethics, 150–52, 159–62
The Valour and the Horror,
global village, 307
of propaganda, 172–77
108–09
Globe and Mail
propaganda and autonomy,
The Fine Act of Propaganda, 102
Canadian press councils, 280–81
178–79
Finlay, Mary-Lou, 109
government information,
public relations, 195–200
Fisk, Robert, 135n2
292–93, 294–95
unethical behaviour, 217
Flanagan, Tom, 334
imputations of intention, 114,
See also lying
Fleming, Jim, 275
136n28
Ethics and Language (Stevenson), 7 forgery, 46, 86n33
Internet, 332
“Ethics in Advertising,” 188
Fosdick, Harry, 202
Iraq war, 299
“The Ethics of Political Lying”
Foucault, Michel, 6
Kent Commission, 276
(Dicey), 150–52
Fox News, 277
legal system, 244n10
ethnic stereotypes, 187
framing, 97–99
opinion polls, 123–24, 126,
ethos, 39–40, 61
France, Anatole, 173
127–28
Eurocopter Canada, 119–20
Frankfurt, Harry, 146
statistics, 135–36n16
Evening Times-Globe, 272
Freed, Josh, 292
Godfrey, Paul, 324, 342n35
examples, 40
freedom of expression
Goebbels, Josef
exceptions and consistency, 227–
about, 217–19, 238–44
British propaganda, 55
28, 245n13
democracy, 239–41
censorship, 79–80
exclusive alternatives, 79
framing, 99
films, 77–78, 80
experiencer deletion, 100
glittering generality, 102
funerals, 38
Exxon Valdez, 198
John Milton, 219–22
out of context clips, 89n94
Eysenck, Hans, 202
legal restrictions, 218
propaganda, 4, 75, 77–78
legal systems, 247
war trials, 89n95
FAIR (Fairness and Ac
curacy in
lifestyles, 243–44
Goering, Hermann, xv
Reporting), 31n2, 164, 311
Nazi party, 77–79
Goldbloom, Michael, 276
Falklands War, 107–08, 282
social interaction and
Goodis, Jerry, 32n25
Falsehood in Wartime (Ponsonby),
community, 241–42
Google, 314–15
65
tyranny, 242–43
Gore, Al, 164
Fanon, Frantz, 16
See also censorship; Mill, John
Gorgias (Plato), 38
“A Farthing Newspaper” (Orwell),
Stuart
Gouzenko, Igor Sergeievich, 282,
19
Freedom of the Press (Hocking), 268
303n55
Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Freifeld, Sidney, 81–82, 289
Government and Mass
255
French Revolution, 48–50
Communications (Chafee),
Ferdonnet, Paul, 80
Frum, Barbara, 109
268, 330
Fifth Estate, 206, 214n43
funerals, 38, 39, 41
government controls
films
about, 247
advertising placements, 188
G20 meetings, 331
advertising, 190–94, 252–68
All Quiet on the Western Front, Galbraith, John Kenneth, 194
Advertising Standards Canada
77
gambling mentality, 187–88
(ASC), 263–64
( Astro) Turf Wars, xviiin2, 21
Gauss, K.F., 133
Commission on Freedom of
Battleship Potemkin, 73
General Motors, 255
the Press (Hutchins
genetic fal acy, 110
Commission), 268–71
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Competition Act (Canada),
hamburger polls, 128–29
ethics of conscience, 159
255–57
Hand, Learned, 240, 243
naming of enemies, 50
consumer protection, 255–63
Handbook of Electioneering
and propaganda, 1, 75
hate propaganda, 247–54
(Cicero), 43
rise of, 78
Internet, 324–25, 330, 333
happiness
victim hegemony, 36
legal agreements, 248
advertising, 194–95
See also Mein Kampf (Hitler)
mass media, 268–77
ethics, 142, 143
Hocking, W.E., 268
telemarketing, 261
French Revolution, 26–27, 49
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 238
tobacco advertising, 264–68
religion, 93
Holtman, Robert, 52
government information
Harper, Stephen, 277, 282, 326
Homage to Catalonia (Orwell),
about, 281–82
Harris, Blake, 329
14, 32n34
advertising, 290–95
Harris, Louis, 125, 126
horizontal propaganda, 29
D.F. Wall Report, 286–88
Harris, Mike, 294, 326
hospitality operations, 59, 60–61
Glassco Report, 283–84
Harron, Don, 89n94
Hotze, Henry, 54
Information Canada, 288–90
Hart, H.L.A., 234–35, 245n22
Houssona, Harith, 310
leaks, 289, 329, 333–35
hasty generalizations, 111
How to Lie With Statistics (Huff ),
propaganda, 270–71, 290–95
Hate on Trial (Weimann and
129–30
Royal Commission on
Winn), 301n12
Huff, Darrell, 129–30
Newspapers (Kent
hate propaganda, 218, 233, 247–54
Hugo the Great. See Grotius
Commission), 271–77
“Hate Propaganda and the
Humboldt, Wilhelm von, 222
Task Force on Government
Charter of Rights”
Hume, David, 157, 168
Information, 284–86
(Sumner), 252
Hurley, Patrick, 7
Gramsci, Antonio, 6
The Hateful and the Obscene
Hussein, Saddam, xv, 208–09,
Graves, Frank, 126
(Sumner), 252
212–13, 295, 297, 334
Gray, Herbert, 293
hatred, 250–51
Hutchins Commission, 268–71
greed, 187
health care system, 23–24
Hutchins, Robert M., 268
Greenspan, Alan, 259
Heidegger, Martin, 14
Gregory XIII (Pope), 4
Hendrick, Burton, 54
Ibsen, Henrik, 176
Gregory XV (Pope), 4
The Hidden Persuaders (Packard),
ignoring the question, 111
Greider, William, 327
255
illusions, 22
Grice, Paul, 117, 165–66
Hill and Knowlton campaign,
Imasco group, 202
Grierson, John, 11, 270–71, 282
205–12
Imperial Tobacco Ltd. v. Attorney
Grotius, 148–50, 157–58
Himmelfarb, Alex, 32n44
General of Canada et al. , 265
groups
Hindenburg (President), von, 78–79 imputations of intention, 114–17,
agitation propaganda, 72
Histoire de la Propagande (El ul),
136n28
appealing to the masses, 76–77
47
incitement, 228–29
audience beliefs, 38–39
history
incompetence, 127–28
audience rapport, 41
about, 35–36
infal ibility, 224–26
group pressure, 14
American Civil War, 53–55
infirm adults, 228
horizontal propaganda, 29
Athens, 36–43
inflexible rule, 203
incitement, 228–29
the big lie, 75–76
Infobahn, 329
propaganda, 8
Carl von Clausewitz, 52–53
information, 9–10, 24–25
propaganda of integration, 37
Early Christian era, 45–46
Information Canada, 282, 288–90
reflexology, 74
Enlightenment, 47–48
Institute for Propaganda Analysis,
social interaction and
French Revolution, 48–50
102–06
community, 241–42
Leninist propaganda, 71–74
integration propaganda, 28–29, 73
social tyranny, 224
Middle Ages, 46–47
“Intelligence and Social Mobility”
See also party feeling; public
Napoleon Bonaparte, 50–52
(Burt), 132
opinion
Orwell, 17–18
intention, 114–17, 136n28
Gulf war, 205–12
Rome, 43–45
International Atomic Energy
gun control, 113
See also wars
Agency (IAEA), 300–01
Gutstein, Donald, 312, 324
Hitler, Adolf
Internet
“Art and Politics,” 77
advertising, 185–86, 196
Habermas, Jürgen, 166–68, 337
British propaganda, 55
CA*net, 312–13
Hadamowsky, Eugen, 80
/> Dietrich Bonhoeffer, 180n20
consumer protection, 261–62
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democratizing of, 238, 319–20
Kenney, Jason, 115
passive tense, 21, 99–100, 135n9
e-mail, 328–29
Kent Commission, 271–77
plain folks, 104–05
government controls, 324–25,
Kent, Thomas, 271
presupposing, 16, 70, 165–66
330, 333
Keshen, Jeffrey, 38
quoting out of context, 108–09
idea dissemination, 329
KIA Canada Inc., 192
rhetorical use of “or”, 117–18
information access, 307–08,
Kiefl, Barry, 122
selective omission, 107–08
314, 323, 324
Kierkegaard, Søren, 150, 174, 245n12
slogans, 46
mass media, 308
Klein, Naomi, 13
stereotypes, 19, 25, 47–48
negative aspects, 314–19, 323–31 Klemperer, Victor, 78
testimonial, 103–04
politics, 309, 332
Knightley, Phillip, 55, 65
transfer, 103
potential of, 318–19
Knopfelmacher, Frank, 160–62
twisting and distortion, 109
privacy, 330
Koch, Charles, 21
word use, 12, 21, 114–16, 124–
propaganda, 3
Koch, David, 21
26, 133–34
public relations, 196
Koestler, Arthur, 158–59
See also logical fal acies; propa-
publishing, 186
Kravis, Henry, 300
ganda techniques
social media, 315
Kravis, Marie-Josée, 300
Lanham, Richard, 174
WikiLeaks, 333–35
Kremer, Arkadi, 71
Lantos, Thomas, 206
interviewer effects, 121–22
Kroll Associates, 208
Larabie-LeSieur, Rachel, 261–62
Iraq war, xv, 2, 31n2, 85n3, 88n64,
Krueger, Thorsten, 81
Laski, Harold, 284
165, 206–12, 309–10
Kyoto Protocol, 126
Lasswell, Harold, 8
irrational propaganda, 29
Law, Liberty and Morality (Hart),
Irving press, 272
Lakoff, George, 99
234
The Lancet, 62, 70
Le Bon, Gustav, 173
Jamieson, Don, 286–87
Landis, Fred, 166
leaks, 289, 329, 333–35
jargon, 19
Landon, Alf, 120–21
LeBlanc, Romeo, 292
Jarvis, Edward, 53–54
language manipulation
Lee, Ivy, 197, 200–05, 206, 211, 212
Joerges, Bernward, 341n20
advertising, 258–59
Leete, Alfred, 31n1
John Paul II (Pope), 109, 188–89
associating, 101, 166
legal systems
Johnson, Samuel, 5, 151
assumed sale techniques, 261
clear and present danger test,
Johst, Hanns, 80, 89n101
band wagon, 105–06
229
Jonson, Albert, 156–57
bold assertions, 107
dirty hands arguments, 161
Josselson, Michael, 84
Bolinger, 99–102
ethics, 142