Propaganda
Propaganda is communication that is primarily used to influence an audience and further an agenda, which may not be objective and may be selectively presenting facts in order to encourage a particular synthesis or perception, or using loaded language in order to produce an emotional rather than a rational response to the information that is being presented. Propaganda is often associated with material which is prepared by governments, but activist groups, companies, religious organizations, the media, and individuals also produce propaganda. In the 20th century, the term propaganda was often associated with a manipulative approach, but historically, propaganda has been …
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UBC: UBC Press · 15 May 2024 English
Canada and Colonialism presents the history Canadians must reckon with before decolonization is possible, from the nation’s establishment as a settler colony to the discriminatory legacies still at work in …
into the dreams and hope, or the mischievous propaganda, of sec- tions of humanity, large and small. …
C.D. Howe Institute · 15 May 2024 English
[...] The 1938 US Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) – enacted to track the work of German propaganda agents – requires registration for activity intended to, or even “believed” to, influence the US …
(FARA) – enacted to track the work of German propaganda agents – requires registration for activity intended …
UOP: University of Ottawa Press · 30 April 2024 English
Since March 2020, there has been an explosion of analyses about the short-term impact and future consequences of long COVID on international relations. This unprecedented crisis demands that we think …
“tame” the virus in order to embellish his own propaganda about China’s rise. China also used the fact …
DDN: Dundurn Press · 23 April 2024 English
At the end of World War II, a young Japanese Canadian would stand trial and face execution for having committed war crimes and betraying his country.One of the most bizarre …
Tow Inouye arrived eagerly, believing in the propaganda of emigration agents that “America” — usually …
CLD: Centre for Law and Democracy · 11 April 2024 English
5 The right to freedom of expression is also found in the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights,6 to which the Republic of Congo is also a State party.7 …
Expression and “Fake News”, Disinformation and Propaganda: General prohibitions on the dissemination of …
CDA: Conference of Defence Associations Institute · 9 April 2024 English
This report thus urges policymakers and practitioners to take seriously the gendered role of identity and socialization in their efforts to prevent the perpetration of conflict-related sexual violence and to …
disciplinary practices, and/or disseminate internal propaganda or manifestos. All these factors contribute to …
FRHD: Freehand Books · 1 April 2024 English
From award-winning poet Catherine Owen, a collection of poems about one woman's journey from BC to a new life in Alberta, where she buys an old house and creates a …
ripped my paper sign that asks plainly for nil propaganda and no bottom-of-the-barrel. Shreds stick to …
Wilson Center Canada · 11 March 2024 English
The activities for the Scholars and Academic Relations (SAR) office consist of personnel and operating costs for the Scholars Office and the Center’s Library. [...] In support of the Center’s …
Playbook: North Korea’s Provocations, Peace Ploys, Propaganda, and Unification Policy.” Karen Mancl, Professor …
CDA: Conference of Defence Associations Institute · 8 March 2024 English
The Second World War gave birth to the Atlantic Charter, the UN Charter, the Paris Peace Treaties, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Fourth Geneva Convention, and the Genocide …
country. The population is intelligently fed propaganda emphasizing that the “real Ukraine” is not that …
CDA: Conference of Defence Associations Institute · 7 March 2024 English
The Second World War gave birth to the Atlantic Charter, the UN Charter, the Paris Peace Treaties, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Fourth Geneva Convention, and the Genocide …
country. The population is intelligently fed propaganda emphasizing that the “real Ukraine” is not that …
