Propaganda in the Helping Professions.

By: Gambrill, EileenMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Cary : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2012Copyright date: ©2012Description: 1 online resource (581 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780199717170Subject(s): Consumer confidence | Consumer education | Persuasion (Psychology) | Professional employees | PropagandaGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Propaganda in the Helping ProfessionsDDC classification: 650.1 LOC classification: HD8038.A1 G36 2012Online resources: Click to View
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Cover -- Contents -- PART ONE: Introduction -- 1. Propaganda in the Helping Professions: What Is It and Why Should You Care? -- PART TWO: Context, Actors, and Scripts -- 2. Introduction to the Players -- 3. Interactions Among the Players -- 4. Propaganda Analysis: Different Levels -- PART THREE: Consequences of Propaganda -- 5. A Rogue's Gallery of Harms Related to Propaganda in the Helping Professions -- 6. The Medicalization of Life -- PART FOUR: 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 FIVE: 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 -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
Summary: 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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Cover -- Contents -- PART ONE: Introduction -- 1. Propaganda in the Helping Professions: What Is It and Why Should You Care? -- PART TWO: Context, Actors, and Scripts -- 2. Introduction to the Players -- 3. Interactions Among the Players -- 4. Propaganda Analysis: Different Levels -- PART THREE: Consequences of Propaganda -- 5. A Rogue's Gallery of Harms Related to Propaganda in the Helping Professions -- 6. The Medicalization of Life -- PART FOUR: 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 FIVE: 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 -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.

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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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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