The Evasion of Propaganda: How Prejudiced People Respond to Anti-Prejudice Propaganda

This experiment tested the hypothesis that there would be a significant increase in powerlessness scores over a 10 year period. The sample was drawn from a population of college students originally tested in 1964. At the 10 year follow-up, all Ss had graduated from college and were either professionally employed (mostly as teachers) or engaged in child-rearing/home activities. The average age of the 1974 sample was 29 years and consisted of 70 females and 30 males. The test instrument was the adult version of Rotter's Internal-External (I-E) Locus of Control Scale which consists of 23 forced-choice items. There were no significant differences on total I-E scores over the 10 year period. However, with use of the Mirels two-factor scoring system, significant increases in social-political control were found. No significant differences in personal control were found. It was concluded that care should be taken in utilizing cross-sectional findings and that utilizing multidimensional scores suggests different results for previously published reports.     

Inducing Resistance to Conspiracy Theory Propaganda: Testing Inoculation and Metainoculation Strategies

This investigation examined the boundaries of inoculation theory by examining how inoculation can be applied to conspiracy theory propaganda as well as inoculation itself (called metainoculation). A 3‐phase experiment with 312 participants compared 3 main groups: no‐treatment control, inoculation, and metainoculation. Research questions explored how inoculation and metainoculation effects differ based on the argument structure of inoculation messages (fact‐ vs. logic‐based). The attack message was a 40‐minute chapter from the 9/11 Truth conspiracy theory film, Loose Change: Final Cut. The results indicated that both the inoculation treatments induced more resistance than the control message, with the fact‐based treatment being the most effective. The results also revealed that metainoculation treatments reduced the efficacy of the inoculation treatments.     

White Racial Activism and Paper Terrorism: A Case Study in Far-Right Propaganda

ABSTRACT

In 2017, far-right mobilization and demonstrations in the United States were at the highest levels since the 1980s and 90s. This coincided with a marked increase in propaganda campaigns in neighborhoods and across college campuses. Racial activists renewed efforts to rebrand extreme positions, soften racist rhetoric, and grow the movement. The purpose of this case study was to explore the rhetorical content of the propaganda created by one white supremacist. This study contributes to a growing body of literature on far-right propaganda through an examination of common themes, and a comparison of the framing techniques and rhetorical strategies used by other white supremacists.     

关于"进一步加强青少年科学无神论教育与宣传"的倡议书

当人类以日新月异的发展欢呼着走进21世纪大门时,无不感谢科学给人类社会带来的巨大的物质文明与精神文明,无不高唱科学理性的赞歌。但是,20世纪末世界范围内涌动的伪科学、反科学乃至邪教的社会逆流,却发出了与人类社会进步不和谐的音符,开始搅乱人们的思想,迷惑人们的视线。愚昧迷信、迷功尚教的盛行,使得一些人对于科学的作用与意义以及社会地位发生疑问,甚至有人说,20世纪是科学的世纪,21世纪则应该是宗教精神的世纪。面对这样的声音,不能不让人担忧人类前途与命运,这样的状况会对青少年发生什么样的影响?青少年是祖国未来的建设者和社…     

Anti‐Immigrant Propaganda by Radical Right Parties and the Intellectual Performance of Adolescents

In recent years radical right political parties have become a substantial electoral force in many countries around the world. Based on the vision of a mono‐ethnic state, anti‐immigration is these parties' core message. Connecting research on discrimination, social exclusion, and social identity threat, it was assumed that this anti‐immigrant propaganda undermines the intellectual performance of immigrant adolescents. In an experiment conducted at Austrian schools, the intelligence test performance of adolescents with an immigration background decreased after they were exposed to radical right election posters whereas ethnic majority adolescents remained unaffected. The results further suggest that individuals with a strong ethnic minority identity are less vulnerable to the detrimental impact of the radical right propaganda.     

Of Prophets and Propaganda: An Exploration of Modern Christian Dispensationalism Using the Work of Martin Riesebrodt

Modern dispensationalism in the United States has been a thorny sociological problem. The sociodiscursive mechanism(s) by which dispensationalist preachers are able to propagate their message has yet to be determined. The theoretical work of Martin Riesebrodt, specifically his discussion of salvific demand, legitimation, and discursive and behavior‐regulating practices, sheds light on Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins's best‐selling Left Behind series and the equally popular dispensationalist writings of John Hagee. Dispensationalists create a demand for their message through the interpretation of current events using the apocalyptic lens of the dispensational scenario, which points to the imminence of the rapture and the global doom that will follow. As part of the propagandizing discourse (discursive practices) that promises escape from this cataclysm, dispensationalists preach a set of behavior‐regulating practices that seek to constrain and control the actions of their adherents.     

"进一步加强青少年科学无神论教育与宣传"专家座谈会在京召开

2004年10月15日,北京反邪教协会与中国无神论学会联合召开了“进一步加强青少年科学无神论教育与宣传”的专家座谈会。此次会议以贯彻落实中共中央、国务院《关于加强和改进未成年人思想道德建设的若干意见》和北京市委、市政府实施计划折子工程等有关文件指示精神,促进和加强青少年科学无神论教育的深入开展为主题。北京反邪教协会秘书长于欣荣主持会议,北京市科协党组副书记、副主席、北京反邪教协会常务副理事长贺慧玲出席会议并作了重要讲话。中国社会科学院世界宗教所研究员、中国无神论学会副理事长杜继文;中国科普研究所研究员、中国…     

中国无神论学会与无神论宣传--在一次会上和美国基督教人士座谈宗教与无神论问题的发言

一、中国无神论学会的成立与工作 1.成立与中断 中国无神论学会成立于1978年年底。在最初几年里,每年都有年会。年会最多时有二三百人参加。 年会起初侧重于无神论历史的研究,出版了《中国无神论史》、《中国无神论资料》等书。     

略谈旅游宣传促销突破口的选择及其运作

现代旅游业兴起于第二次世界大战之后。二战后,由于旅游业的迅速发展,引起了各国政府的重视,认识到这项产业具有投资少、见效快的特点,为此,越来越多的国家把旅游业作为一项支柱产业、无烟工业和朝阳产业来带动国民经济的发展。据测算,全世界旅游业目前已成为最大的单项产业,其年增长率高达10%以上,不仅超过世界经济发展水平,从产值、价值增长、资本投入和从业人员等方面都高于全球经济发展的总体水平。有关专家预测,本世纪旅游业会成为世界和国际贸易最大的创汇产业,世界经济将跨入旅游经济时代。我国旅游业起步较晚,虽说是从上世纪五、六…     

A Psychoanalytic View of Racial Myths in a Nazi Propaganda Film: Der Ewige Jude (The Eternal Jew)

This paper describes the emotional appeal of propaganda utilizing concepts from psychoanalysis, small group psychology, and psychohistory. The film propagandist attempts to exploit irrational emotional responses to visual scenes and commentary to change attitudes, values, and behavior in a mass setting. A link between shared unconscious fantasies and myth is offered as an explanatory concept to explain propaganda's wide emotional appeal. The German Nazi anti-Semitic film, Der Ewige Jude, serves as the case example of the exploitation of such fantasies in a mass setting for a political end.     

搞好宣传教育，必须深入研究——论做好科学无神论的研究和宣传教育工作必须落实中央领导同志的指示精神

无神论的研究和宣传教育是一项长期任务。根据中央领导同志的指示精神,需纳入科学研究规划和宣传思想工作的总体部署,锲而不舍地进行。无神论的研究和宣传教育是一项长期任务,不是一蹴而就的事业。这是对无神论世界观以往发展历程的总结,也是对今后无神论世界观前进道路的展望。它说明了建立无神论世界观的艰难和复杂,也说明了无神论研究和宣传教育事业的光荣和伟大。人类在有神论世界观的统治之下,已经生活了数千、数万、甚至更长的历史时期,彻底的无神论世界观的产生,还不足三百年。从事无神论研究和宣传教育的事业,任重道远。