Propaganda Archives - EAVI Information and Democracy Tue, 01 Aug 2017 17:16:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://eavi.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/cropped-Untitled-design-32x32.webp Propaganda Archives - EAVI 32 32 Edward Said: Framed: the politics of stereotypes https://eavi.eu/portfolio-items/edward-said-framed-politics-stereotypes/ Wed, 22 Mar 2017 13:35:55 +0000 http://eavi.eu/?post_type=avada_portfolio&p=5054 Edward Said: Framed: the politics of stereotypes   Are we sure that the perception that we have about the East (and about the Middle East and the different struggles it is going through) is neutral and unbiased? The Palestinian academician Said advanced the hypothesis that the European perspective on the East, that  has [...]

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]]> Noam Chomsky, The Consent Factory https://eavi.eu/portfolio-items/noam-chomsky-consent-factory-2/ Wed, 22 Mar 2017 13:27:37 +0000 http://eavi.eu/?post_type=avada_portfolio&p=5050 Noam Chomsky, The consent Factory   Are we really sure that concepts such as propaganda only apply to countries like North Korea or China, and that Western civilisation is, on the other side, the gatekeepers of freedom and democracy? The truth is that, even in the absence of a state media apparatus, phenomena [...]

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]]> How Did Hitler Rise To Power? (2016) https://eavi.eu/portfolio-items/hitler-rise-power-2016-2/ Wed, 20 Jul 2016 14:10:44 +0000 http://www.eavi.eu/?post_type=avada_portfolio&p=1904 A short (5 minutes) Ted Ed video that demonstrates the fragility of democracy when fears, unrest, ignorance and bigotry are stoked.

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]]> Manufacturing Consent | Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992) https://eavi.eu/portfolio-items/manufacturing-consent-1992-2/ Thu, 14 Jul 2016 11:04:30 +0000 http://www.eavi.eu/?post_type=avada_portfolio&p=1874 Manufacturing consent (1992) Manufacturing Consent is a documentary about Noam Chomsky's ideas and activism. However, it is his ideas regarding the media that take centre stage in the film. Namely, that the mass media operates as a form of thought control in a democratic society, with major news organizations systematically bending the truth to support [...]

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]]> The Century of the Self (2002) https://eavi.eu/portfolio-items/century-self-2002-2/ Sat, 02 Jul 2016 15:39:13 +0000 http://www.eavi.eu/?post_type=avada_portfolio&p=1735 The Century of the Self (2002) The Century of the Self examines how those in power used Sigmund Freud's theories in order to control the 'crowd' in an era of mass-democracy. Propaganda and public relations techniques, as well as advertising are explored in detail through the lens of the 20th Century. [...]

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