Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ400309
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Publication Date: 1989
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Progressive Propaganda Critics and the Magic Bullet Myth.
Sproule, J. Michael
Critical Studies in Mass Communication, v6 n3 p225-46 Sep 1989
Examines the development and historical inaccuracies of the "magic bullet" interpretation of American propaganda studies, which asserts that propaganda critics between the world wars treated messages as "magic bullets" directly and powerfully infused into passive receivers. Considers why this misconception of the progressive propaganda critics' work gained sway in the 1940s and 1950s. (MM)
Descriptors: Communication Research, Mass Media, Media Research, Propaganda, Public Opinion, United States History
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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