Böcker av Peter K. Fallon

As the Internet Age endures and expands, Peter K. Fallon peers into the Pandoräs Box of our age. A twenty-first century update to Jacques Ellul¿s masterful sociological study Propaganda, Propaganda 2.1 explores how the ¿digital revolution¿ has transformed the boundaries between individuals, institutions, and centres of power. Coupling historical analysis with a wealth of current examples, Fallon exposes the intricate and insidious ways propaganda alters our daily realities.Propaganda 2.1 is divided into three sections: propaganda 1.0, 2.0, and 2.1. Propaganda 1.0 compares the popular conception of propaganda with persuasive techniques such as rhetoric and coercion; 2.0 reveals how the development of moveable-type printing built the foundations of modern propaganda; and, finally, 2.1 inhabits the ¿post-truth¿ world in its totality. Whilst the media landscape continually shifts, Propaganda 2.1's analysis is an opportunity to tackle this new reality."

Tackles the complicated question of how a succession of dominant forms of media have supported - and even to some extent created - different conceptions of reality. This book offers not only a clear picture of where our society has been but also a road map to a more engaged, informed, and fully human future.