Propaganda Studies in American Social Science: The Rise and Fall of the Critical Paradigm.

Sproule, J. Michael

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Publication Date: 1987

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Propaganda Studies in American Social Science: The Rise and Fall of the Critical Paradigm.

Sproule, J. Michael

Quarterly Journal of Speech, v73 n1 p60-78 Feb 1987

Examines the inability of the propaganda paradigm to maintain its position as the standard framework for rhetorical inquiry in the sociointellectual atmosphere that surrounded World War II and the Cold War. Discusses the epistemological and ideological roots of the shift from propaganda to statistical/experimental communication research. (JD)

Descriptors: Communication Research, Persuasive Discourse, Propaganda, Research Design, Research Methodology, Rhetorical Criticism, Rhetorical Invention, Social Influences, Social Science Research

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Language: English

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