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Primary means of
persuasion today??
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The more silent minorities remain the less their points of view
are represented in society and the more they remain silent
A persons willingness to speak out about minority points of
view is largely impacted (determined) by the climate of
opinion thus, if the climate of opinion is against minorities
they will remain silent out of fear of isolation or social
punishment
The mass media can affect the spiral of silence in 3
ways:
1. The mass media shapes impressions about which opinions
are dominant
2. The mass media shapes impressions about which opinions
are on the increase
3. The mass media shapes impressions about which opinions
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Public
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There are
There are
There are
11. In times of crisis people become more sensitive to the adequacy of their
leadership if they have confidence in their leader compared to lack
confidence for example with Zumas Nkandla
12. People are less reluctant to have critical decisions made by their leaders if
they feel that the public did not take apart in the decision making process
for example the public contributed to the constitution
13. People have more opinions and are able to form opinions more easily with
respect to goals than with respect to methods necessary to reach those
goals
14. Public opinion is like individual opinion when opinion is based mainly on
desire rather than factual information it is likely to show sharp shifts with
events
15. The more enlightened people are to the implications of events for their
own self-interest the more likely they are to agree with the more
objective opinions or realistic experts
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Attention
2.
Need
3.
Satisfaction
4.
Visualisation
5.
Action
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Thumbs.db
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Totalitarian Propaganda
Democratic Propaganda
Censorship is relatively
underdeveloped in democracies
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propaganda
He points out that the least important form of
propaganda is that of the message of the
political leader
Propaganda in a democratic society flourishes on
sociological constraints and impulses as well as
political slogans
It is only through integration propaganda that
individuals conform to the established social
system
This is done through horizontal interaction
between individuals to establish collective
standards as well as the vertical influence of a
leader
Rational propaganda overwhelms individual and
group life as information is selective and usually
edited
And ultimately, propaganda in democratic
**Find an excellent summary of Elluls main arguments on
society combines
all mass
and interpersonal
propaganda
on p.98
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Public
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