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In Jacques Ellul’s 1965 work Propaganda: The Formation of Men’s Attitudes, Ellul essentially states that technology gives us the feedback loop for propaganda to pervade our being.
Changing opinions is secondary for propaganda. Intensifying feelings to get immediate action is the point. Ironically, the most effective action of propaganda is inaction. The most effective propaganda encourages you to do nothing.
Ellul states that propaganda is not a bug in our technological society, it’s a feature. And it’s necessary to give mass society some sort of cohesion.
Let’s discuss!
When: October 10 @ 8AM EST
Topic: Propaganda: Technology’s Siamese Twin
Where: Zoom
Cost: Free
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