propaganda [was Re: Vineland]

[Henry Musikar]

I think that most advertising is also still seat of the pants, in the
style of Poldy's "House of Keyes." Sure the mega's research the hell
out of everything, but a lotta comm is still comparatively untutored.

On  2 May 97 at 6:39, Vaska <vaska at geocities.com> wrote:

> At 04:45 PM 5/1/97 BST, Andrew wrote:
> >
> >Well, I don't think I said the US was fascist and I don't really
> >think it's the appropriate term to use. I did say the US had
> >inherited and refined propaganda techniques first developed by the
> >Nazis. The refinement is not just in the nature of the propaganda
> >itself but also in the way the system has avoided the official
> >brutality which is so central to fascism. 
> 
> A heretical squeak from Toronto: is anyone on this list familiar
> with the rhetoric and modes of 19th-century political and commercial
> advertising, US way?  This is a bona fide question: I myself don't
> know enough on the subject, but my suspicion is that a great deal of
> contemporary US propaganda techniques is home-grown stuff, actually.
>  Shoot me if I'm wrong.
> 
> Vaska

AsB4,
Henry Musikar

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