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Propaganda 101: What You Need to Know and Why or . . .
A poster child for propaganda . . . The Word by Gene Howington, Guest Blogger Originally, I drafted this article with a preface about the story Michael Hastings recently broke on BuzzFeed about an...
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Propaganda 101 Supplemental: Build It And They Will Come (Around)
by Gene Howington, Guest Blogger The Parthenon In the beginning, there was the word. And when addressing propaganda, the word was either persuade or coerce. This is the essential nature of propaganda:...
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Propaganda 102: Holly Would and the Power of Images
by Gene Howington, Guest Blogger Graphic art such as posters, paintings and film can be and often are considered works of art. Can propaganda using these mediums be considered art? Propaganda posters...
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Propaganda 103: The Word Changes, The Word Remains The Same
Reproduction of a Gutenberg press. by Gene Howington, Guest Blogger “I have been a believer in the magic of language since, at a very early age, I discovered that some words got me into trouble and...
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Propaganda 104: Magica Verba Est Scientia Et Ars Es
by Gene Howington, Guest Blogger “Words have a magical power. They can bring either the greatest happiness or deepest despair; they can transfer knowledge from teacher to student; words enable the...
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Propaganda 104 Supplemental: The Sound of Silence
by Gene Howington, Guest Blogger “Silence is argument carried out by other means.” – Che Guevara “Hello darkness, my old friend, I’ve come to talk with you again, Because a vision softly creeping, Left...
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Propaganda 104 Supplemental: The Streisand Effect and the Political Question
by Gene Howington, Guest Blogger As mentioned in the last installment of this series, silence in various forms can be just as potent a propaganda tool as words or images proper. Variations of this...
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Propaganda 105: How to Spot a Liar
by Gene Howington, Guest Blogger “If any man is able to convince me and show me that I do not think or act right, I will gladly change; for I seek the truth by which no man was ever injured. But he is...
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“Rugged Individualism”
Submitted By: Mike Spindell. Guest Blogger Mythology can be seen as the social glue of diverse groups. It is the accumulation of tales, beliefs, moral strictures and mores that gives a specific...
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Propaganda 102 Supplemental: Holly Would “Zero Dark Thirty”
(c) 2012, Columbia Pictures, image used w/o permission. by Gene Howington, Guest Blogger Upon the suggestion of long time and valued blog contributor James in LA, this column on “Zero Dark Thirty” and...
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Propaganda 101 Supplemental: Child’s Play
“Cuckold me? I’ve got you now, Mailbu Ken!” by Gene Howington, Guest Blogger One of the key concepts of advertising is “get ‘em while they’re young”. Building brand loyalty in a child can make for a...
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Propaganda 104 Supplemental: Just Because You’ve Forgotten Doesn’t Mean...
by Gene Howington, Guest Blogger “Darkness isn’t the opposite of light, it is simply its absence.” – Terry Pratchett As we’ve previously discussed in the Propaganda Series, The Sound of Silence,...
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Propaganda 106 – Waging War (A Case Study) [UPDATED]
(c) Gene Howington, 2014 by Gene Howington, Guest Blogger “This thing, what is it in itself, in its own constitution? What is its substance and material? And what its causal nature [or form]? And what...
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