Propaganda in the helping professions / Eileen Gambrill.
| Author/creator | Gambrill, Eileen D., 1934- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : Oxford University Press, |
| Description | x, 570 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction -- Propaganda in the helping professions : what is it and why should you care? -- Context, actors, and scripts -- Introduction to the players -- Interactions among the players -- Propaganda analysis : different levels -- Consequences of propaganda -- A Rogue's gallery of harms related to propaganda in the helping professions -- The medicalization of life -- How they reel us in -- Obscure different views of knowledge and how to get it -- Appeal to popular grand narratives and metaphors -- Disguise advertisements as professional literature -- Propagandistic use of language and social psychological persuasion strategies -- Appeal to our psychological vulnerabilities -- What you can do -- Enhance your argument analysis skills -- Increase your skill in spotting fallacies -- Increase your skill in searching for answers for yourself -- Notes -- References -- Index. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [475]-540) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2011033020 |
| ISBN | 9780195325003 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0195325001 (hardcover : alk. paper) |