TY - BOOK AU - Marlin,Randal TI - Propaganda and the ethics of persuasion T2 - Broadview guides to business and professional ethics SN - 9781554810918 U1 - 303.375 PY - 2013/// CY - Ontario, Buffalo (NY) : PB - Broadview KW - Propaganda KW - Persuasion (Psychology) N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-354) and index; 1. Why study propaganda? -- 2. History of propaganda -- 3. Propaganda technique: an analysis -- 4. Ethics and propaganda -- 5. Advertising and public relations ethics -- 6. Freedom of expression: some classical arguments -- 7. The question of controls -- 8. Propaganda, democracy and the internet N2 - It develops a sophisticated account of propaganda and its intriguing history. It begins with a brief overview of Western propaganda, including Ancient Greek theories of rhetoric, and traces propaganda's development through the Christian era, the rise of the nation-state, World War I, Nazism, Communism, and the present day. The core of the book examines the ethical implications of various forms of persuasion, not only hate propaganda but also insidious elements of more generally acceptable communication such as advertising, public relations, and government information, setting these in the context of freedom of expression ER -