{"product_id":"age-of-propaganda-anthony-pratkanis-9780805074031","title":"Age of Propaganda: The Everyday Use and Abuse of Persuasion","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmericans create 57% of the world's advertising while representing only 6% of its population; half of our waking hours are spent immersed in the mass media. Persuasion has always been integral to the democratic process, but increasingly, thoughtful discussion is being replaced with simplistic soundbites and manipulative messages. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on the history of propaganda as well as on contemporary research in social psychology, \u003ci\u003eAge of Propaganda\u003c\/i\u003e shows how the tactics used by political campaigners, sales agents, advertisers, televangelists, demagogues, and others often take advantage of our emotions by appealing to our deepest fears and most irrational hopes, creating a distorted vision of the world we live in. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis revised and updated edition includes coverage of the Clinton\/Lewinsky scandal, recent election campaigns, talk radio, teen suicide, U.F.O. abductions, the Columbine shootings, and novel propaganda tactics based on hypocrisy and false allegations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anthony Pratkanis, Elliot Aronson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0805074031\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780805074031\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Holt McDougal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/14\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.22h x 6.09w x 0.76d","brand":"Anthony Pratkanis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43994153320703,"sku":"9780805074031","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0f266bee-c689-4647-a7b5-1839f181c75c.jpg?v=1683328442","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/age-of-propaganda-anthony-pratkanis-9780805074031","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}