{"product_id":"stop-the-propaganda-machine-from-mel-whitehurst-9781523654901","title":"Stop the Propaganda Machine from Controlling How You Think and Vote: A Blueprint for Detecting Deception","description":"It is difficult and complex to ever really know if political leaders are telling the truth. Along with truthful communications often come lying, spin, hype, hate-speech and fear-mongering. Deciding what is truthful and what is deceptive takes considerable effort. However, the truth really matters. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Political leaders and the mass media collaborate in a business relationship to build a giant\u003cb\u003e Propaganda Machine\u003c\/b\u003e which collectively attempts to tell us how to think and vote by delivering enormous amounts of influence messages to us at an unrelenting pace. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this book, I present several deception-detecting strategies that you can use to sort out statements for truth. I show numerous persuasion tactics political leaders use to convince us to think and vote the way they want us to think and vote. I describe how not to get controlled by the drama of political leaders' communications to persuade us to vote for them without at least making a smart effort to understand the real messages. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Most of the information in this book comes from my work experience as a psychologist for more than forty years, 27 of them in private practice. I also acquired information by carrying out several mini social psychology research projects as you will see when you read the book. Of course, I conducted extensive examination of psychological research journals. And, recently I've been talking to my family dog, Rocky Bob. He's a good listener and it's surprising what one can learn from a good listener when writing a book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mel Whitehurst\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1523654902\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781523654901\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/22\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 52\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.11d","brand":"Mel Whitehurst","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44126505369855,"sku":"9781523654901","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_370e446c-9240-4518-ae8a-91bcfa4550ca.jpg?v=1687448575","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/stop-the-propaganda-machine-from-mel-whitehurst-9781523654901","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}