Propaganda in the helping professions
By: Eileen Gambrill
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 570
ISBN-13: 9780195325003
Subjects: Persuasion (Psychology); Professional employees; Consumer education; Propaganda; Consumer confidence
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Propaganda in the helping professions : what is it and why should you care?; title: Context, actors, and scripts; title: Introduction to the players; title: Interactions among the players; title: Propaganda analysis : different levels; title: Consequences of propaganda; title: A Rogue's gallery of harms related to propaganda in the helping professions; title: The medicalization of life; title: How they reel us in; title: Obscure different views of knowledge and how to get it; title: Appeal to popular grand narratives and metaphors; title: Disguise advertisements as professional literature; title: Propagandistic use of language and social psychological persuasion; title: Strategies; title: Appeal to our psychological vulnerabilities; title: What you can do; title: Enhance your argument analysis skills; title: Increase your skill in spotting fallacies; title: Increase your skill in searching for answers for yourself; title: Notes; title: References; title: Index.