Understanding propaganda from the perspectives of general semantics / Mohd Rajib Ghani

Propaganda is making inroad in societies and its impact is so tremendous. Through the proliferation of the mass media and ICT, propaganda messages can reach the audience within a few seconds. Sometimes, manipulation, misinformation and disinformation do occur through propagandistic messages with...

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Main Author:	Ghani, Mohd Rajib
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	CMIWS and UiTM Press 2010
Subjects:	General semantics Abstraction Propaganda
Online Access:	http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/10952/ http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/10952/1/AJ_MOHD%20RAJIB%20GHANI%20JMIW%2010.pdf

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spelling	uitm-109522016-04-14T03:16:40Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/10952/ Understanding propaganda from the perspectives of general semantics / Mohd Rajib Ghani Ghani, Mohd Rajib General semantics Abstraction Propaganda Propaganda is making inroad in societies and its impact is so tremendous. Through the proliferation of the mass media and ICT, propaganda messages can reach the audience within a few seconds. Sometimes, manipulation, misinformation and disinformation do occur through propagandistic messages without readers realizing it. Nonetheless, not all propaganda is bad. Many scholars claim that “truth” is part of propaganda, for example, propaganda for peace is used during conflicts and insurgency. But bad propaganda, such as the maniacal Fuhrer Hitler’s evil intention to conquer all European nations is quite disastrous to mankind. This paper, introduces a general semantics approach of balance thinking as to evaluate language of propaganda. General semanticists always believe that the principle of general semantics is the last bastion of preconceived mind and bias inherent in propaganda messages. As Korzybski wrote, “it is probably no secret that a large part of the population of this world was swayed by propaganda during war”. And the interdisciplinary method of general semantics which is providing us a mechanism of evaluative habits of our everyday language and awareness may be useful for verbal peace movement. CMIWS and UiTM Press 2010 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/10952/1/AJ_MOHD%20RAJIB%20GHANI%20JMIW%2010.pdf Ghani, Mohd Rajib (2010) Understanding propaganda from the perspectives of general semantics / Mohd Rajib Ghani. Journal of Media and Information Warfare, 3. pp. 1-13. ISSN 1985-563X
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description	Propaganda is making inroad in societies and its impact is so tremendous. Through the proliferation of the mass media and ICT, propaganda messages can reach the audience within a few seconds. Sometimes, manipulation, misinformation and disinformation do occur through propagandistic messages without readers realizing it. Nonetheless, not all propaganda is bad. Many scholars claim that “truth” is part of propaganda, for example, propaganda for peace is used during conflicts and insurgency. But bad propaganda, such as the maniacal Fuhrer Hitler’s evil intention to conquer all European nations is quite disastrous to mankind. This paper, introduces a general semantics approach of balance thinking as to evaluate language of propaganda. General semanticists always believe that the principle of general semantics is the last bastion of preconceived mind and bias inherent in propaganda messages. As Korzybski wrote, “it is probably no secret that a large part of the population of this world was swayed by propaganda during war”. And the interdisciplinary method of general semantics which is providing us a mechanism of evaluative habits of our everyday language and awareness may be useful for verbal peace movement.
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Understanding propaganda from the perspectives of general semantics / Mohd Rajib Ghani

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