Propaganda is communication that is primarily used to influence an audience and further an agenda, which may not be objective and may be selectively presenting facts in order to encourage a particular synthesis or perception, or using loaded language in order to produce an emotional rather than a rational response to the information that is being presented. Propaganda is often associated with material which is prepared by governments, but activist groups, companies, religious organizations, the media, and individuals also produce propaganda. In the 20th century, the term propaganda was often associated with a manipulative approach, but historically, propaganda has been …
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The Sense of the Sacred in the Early Novels of Quebec
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 October 2024 English
Approaching the novels of early Quebec through the counterintuitive lens of the sacred, Lisa Gasbarrone challenges negative views of these novels as dated and even unreadable for the contemporary reader. …
Novels of Quebecromans à thèse, or as a form of propaganda. Such readings notwith-standing, the fictional … roman à thèse, Wall declares Lacombe’s text a “propaganda novel from nineteenth-century French Canada … Gérin-Lajoie’s text is “a terrible novel.”30 Lacombe’s “propaganda novel” notwithstanding, a less appreciated text … skeptics. La Terre paternelle is not a work of propaganda.65 Jean Rivard is not a failed novel. Angéline …
The Great Right North : Inside Far-Right Activism in Canada
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 October 2024 English
The Great Right North charts the growth of far-right groups in Canada, illuminating how official and unofficial government attention generates the context in which they flourish. Breaking new ground by …
eagerly use social media to disseminate their propaganda and to or-ganize demonstrations and meetings … *right-wing extremism, *racism, *anti-Semitism, *hate propaganda, and *Skinhead, which directed us to 967 files … “micro” aspects like the identity-processes and propaganda strategies22 THE GREAT RIGHT NORTHadopted by … coined by far-right ideologues for “marketing” and propaganda pur-poses – like “alt-right” or “alt-lite” – …
Irrational Publics and the Fate of Democracy
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 October 2024 English
Across cultures, democracies struggle with intolerant groups, misinformation, social media conspiracies, and extreme populists. Egalitarian cultures cannot always withstand this swing towards the irrational. In Irrational Publics and the Fate …
uses of rationality, e.g., through wall-to-wall propaganda, to create irrationally obedient citizens. The …
101 Fascinating Canadian Film and TV Facts
DDN: Dundurn Press · 8 October 2024 English
101 lesser-known stories to delight Canadian cinema and television fans. Do you know who was in the first on-screen nude scene in a Canadian feature film? Or which David Cronenberg …
opportunity for the PEPS to disseminate their propaganda. Vendors resisted, and in 1922, after only two …
Rent control in Ontario: The facts, the flaws, the fixes
CCPA: Canadian Centre For Policy Alternatives · 16 September 2024 English
Rent control in Ontario: The facts, the flaws, the fixes SEPTEMBER 2024 RENT CONTROL IN ONTARIO The facts, the flaws, the fixes Ricardo Tranjan and Paulina Vargatoth Rent control in …
report is a resource against anti-rent-control propaganda. It is written for tenants and housing advocates … disturbing example of the triumph of ideology and propaganda over evidence.”24The most common claims against …
The Twelfth of February : Canadian Aid for Gender Equality during the Rise of Violent Extremism in Pakistan
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 September 2024 English
Pakistan has been a priority country for international development assistance since the early years of its creation. Though Pakistan celebrates National Women’s Day on 12 February each year to commemorate …
groups and individuals, and is manifested in their propaganda, recruitment, and tactics. But, it concluded … strengthen their operations. Extremist recruitment propaganda plays into the economic and social restrictions …
Special Report - Freedom of Thought Reviving and Protecting a Forgotten Human Right
CIGI: Centre for International Governance Innovation · 4 September 2024 English
Enshrined in article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, freedom of thought sits alongside the right to freedom of conscience and religion and complements the right …
course of human history is checkered by the use of propaganda, influence campaigns, advertising, misinformation … leverages subliminal messaging, deep fakes, overt propaganda, and public sentiment analysis. The PLA views …
Taiwan’s Role in the US-China Competition For Critical Minerals - By Ling-Tuan Linda Liu
Wilson Center Canada · 3 September 2024 English
Despite the seemingly dim prospects of China’s Secondly, there is a better understanding of what ever tightening grip, it is worth noting that, US-China competition over rare earth supplies on …
REEs industry. This could be seen from examples propaganda of “safeguarding China’s strategic such as slightly …
The Adaptable Country : How Canada Can Survive the Twenty-First Century
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 3 September 2024 English
The Adaptable Country outlines straightforward policy reforms to improve adaptability – the capacity to anticipate and manage danger. In a turbulent world, authoritarian rule is a tempting path to security. …
problems.Authoritarian systems rely heavily on propaganda and repression as instruments to build political … strategy. Proponents of fld systems argue that propaganda and repression are clumsy instruments for overcoming …
2024 IHRP Summer Fellowship
IHRP: International Human Rights Program, University of Toronto · 3 September 2024 English
The summer program promotes the exploration of sustainable peacebuilding through critical inquiry into the history and legacies of World War II in Asia. [...] Participants have diverse academic backgrounds, including …
that could be useful for my research, such as propaganda materials that promoted Japanese militarism and …
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