Re:The Artful Propaganda of Soviet Children’s Literature
by xor1 on Saturday June 17, 2017 @11:42PM
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Propaganda never has a negative connotation within the country that produces it so long as it's centered around ideologies supported by the majority of the population, that's the entire point. The tone of your post makes me think that you probably don't even recognize propaganda in the context of your own nation.
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Re:The Artful Propaganda of Soviet Children’s Literature
by dilemma on Sunday June 18, 2017 @05:24AM
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The parent talks about the term "propaganda". In the West, the word has bad connotations and we use terms like public relations instead. In China, "propaganda" is used in the same way as we use "public relations", both by government and private enterprise.
Re:The Artful Propaganda of Soviet Children’s Literature
by seanmcdirmid on Sunday June 18, 2017 @12:51PM
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They actually "call" it propaganda, while in the west they call it media (since the government doesn't control it, when it is government PR, they call it propaganda as well). This is not about recognizing something or not, but if the producer of X says it is X, why the f*ck would you not believe them?