Carleton University · COMS 2300

Communication as Propaganda

Credits : 0.5 creditReference year : 2026-27

Description

How business, government, and civil society actors have used media messages to persuade, influence, and manipulate the public. The impacts of propaganda on individuals and society, the roles of different media technologies in facilitating propaganda, and public resistance to propaganda.

Prerequisites

  • Prerequisite(s): Second-year standing or permission of the School of Journalism and Communication.

Conditions and arrangements

  • Prerequisite(s): Second-year standing or permission of the School of Journalism and Communication.
  • Lectures three hours a week.
Reference text in its original language

How business, government, and civil society actors have used media messages to persuade, influence, and manipulate the public. The impacts of propaganda on individuals and society, the roles of different media technologies in facilitating propaganda, and public resistance to propaganda.

  • Prerequisite(s): Second-year standing or permission of the School of Journalism and Communication.
  • Lectures three hours a week.

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