Eileen D Gambrill

Propaganda in the Helping Professions

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This incisive look at how propaganda has infiltrated the helping professions is essential reading for social workers, psychologists, and other helping professionals, and is an excellent supplement to courses on critical thinking and introduction to practice.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 582
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Februar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 163mm x 43mm
• Gewicht: 794g
• ISBN-13: 9780195325003
• ISBN-10: 0195325001
• Artikelnr.: 36932945

Autorenporträt

Eileen Gambrill, PhD, is Hutto Patterson Professor of Child and Family Studies at the University of California, Berkeley.

Inhaltsangabe

* Part 1. Introduction
* 1. Propaganda in the Helping Professions: What is it and Why Should
You Care?
* Part 2. Context, Actors, and Scripts
* 2. Introduction to the Players
* 3. Interactions among the Players
* 4. Propaganda Analysis: Different Levels
* Part 3. Consequences of Propaganda
* 5. A Rogue's Gallery of Harms Related to Propaganda in the Helping
Professions
* 6. The Medicalization of Life
* Part 4. How They Reel Us In
* 7. Obscure Different Views of Knowledge and How to Get It
* 8. Appeal to Popular Grand Narratives and Metaphors
* 9. Disguise Advertisements as Professional Literature
* 10. Propagandistic Use of Language and Social Psychological
Persuasion Strategies
* 11. Appeal to Our Psychological Vulnerabilities
* Part 5. What You Can Do
* 12. Enhance Your Argument Analysis Skills
* 13. Increase Your Skill in Spotting Fallacies
* 14. Increase Your Skill in Searching for Answers for Yourself
* Notes
* References
* Index