Research Handbook on Political Propaganda.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rawnsley, Gary D.

Contributor:

Ma, Yiben.

Pothong, Kruakae.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Propaganda--Case studies.

Propaganda.

Communication in politics--Case studies.

Communication in politics.

Medical Subjects:

Propaganda.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (460 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire : Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2021.

Summary:

This timely Research Handbook draws on a wide range of international case studies to assess the transformative impact of modern communication landscapes on political propaganda. From Brexit to Donald Trump, from presidential elections in Mexico to political rallies in India, from 'fake news' to Cambridge Analytica, contributors demonstrate the ways in which growing digital platforms have amplified the reach and influence of political propaganda.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright

Contents

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Contributors

Introduction to the Research Handbook on Political Propaganda

1. World propaganda and personal insecurity: intent, content, and contentment

2. Democracies and war propaganda in the 21st century

3. Fake news, trust, and behaviour in a digital world

4. Cambridge Analytica

5. 'Believe me': political propaganda in the age of Trump

6. The information war paradox

7. Digital propaganda as symbolic convergence: the case of Russian ads during the 2016 US presidential election

8. Getting the message right in Xi Jinping's China: propaganda, story-telling, and the challenge of reaching people's emotions

9. Political communication in the age of media convergence in China

10. Xi Jinping's grand strategy for digital propaganda

11. Constructing its own reality: the CCP's agenda for the Hong Kong anti-extradition bill movement

12. Sexuality and politics: 'coming out' in German and Chinese queer films

13. The compassion 'spectacle': the propaganda of piety, virtuosity, and altruism within neoliberal politics

14. Political propaganda and the global struggle against Apartheid, 1948‒1994

15. Refugees, migration, and propaganda

16. Brexit uncertainties: political rhetoric versus British core values in the NHS

17. The media, antisemitism, and political warfare in Jeremy Corbyn's Labour Party, 2015‒2019

18. Terrorist propaganda

19. Propaganda through participation: counterterrorism narratives in China

20. Countermeasures to extremist propaganda: a strategy for countering absolutist religious beliefs in northeast Nigeria

21. Imagined minorities: making 'real' images of ethnic harmony in Chinese tourism

22. The language of protest: slogans and the construction of tourism contestation in Barcelona.

23. The Mexican 2018 presidential election in the media landscape: newspaper coverage, TV spots, and Twitter interaction

24. Political propaganda and memes in Mexico: the 2018 presidential election

25. Political parties, rallies, and propaganda in India

26. Media and majoritarianism in India: eroding soft power?

27. Korean cultural diplomacy in Laos: soft power, propaganda, and exploitation

28. Fact-checking false claims and propaganda in the age of post-truth politics: the Brexit referendum

29. Beyond the smear word: media literacy educators tackle contemporary propaganda

Index.

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Print version: Rawnsley, Gary D. Research Handbook on Political Propaganda

ISBN:

1-78990-642-3