A Comparative Analysis of Soviet and Modern Russian Propaganda
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| Format: | Thesis |
| Kulcsszavak: | 20. század 21. század médiarendszer Oroszország politika propaganda szovjetunió |
| Online Access: | http://dolgozattar.uni-bge.hu/59154 |
| Abstract: | This dissertation examines what propaganda is, and how governments utilize it to influence the minds of the public in various contexts of governance. It compares the use of propaganda according to an earlier totalitarian system, and the contemporary forms of an authoritarian one. The research reveals that earlier forms of propaganda functioned through direct and overt messaging and overt restrictions on alternative sources of information, and contemporary propaganda relies upon the manipulation of media, emotional manipulation, and selective and subjective storytelling. The research shows how propaganda orients people toward visions of a strong leader, or idealized national identity, or manages the ways in which citizens remember event in the past (e.g. Wars, civil rights activism, etc.). Ultimately, through the comparisons of the tools such as political cartoons and pamphlets used, to the messaging of various time periods, the research finds that propaganda responds to technological change and cultural phenomena, but fundamentally has not changed in its overall objective of maintaining power or managing the ways in which people think. |
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