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Propaganda Quotes by Jacques Ellul
- The goal of modern propaganda is no longer to transform opinion but to arouse an active and mythical belief
- Again I want to emphasize that the study of propaganda must be conducted within the context of a technological society. Propaganda is called upon to…
- When there is propaganda, we are no longer able to evaluate certain questions, or even to discuss them
- (Propaganda) proceeds by psychological manipulations, character modifications, by creation of stereotypes useful when the time comes - The two great routes that this sub-propaganda takes…
- The orchestration of press, radio and television to create a continuous, lasting and total environment renders the influence of propaganda virtually unnoticed precisely because it…
- It is the emergence of mass media which makes possible the use of propaganda techniques on a societal scale.
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