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Logan, Robert; Hayes, James – 1982
Jacques Ellul defined "prepropaganda" as the subtle and sophisticated use of news services to improve an authoritarian government's public image. Because its value is directly related to its being used sparingly, he predicted that prepropaganda would increase when an authoritarian government felt threatened and decrease when it once more…
Descriptors: Authoritarianism, Content Analysis, Developing Nations, Media Research
