Category Archives: propaganda

Reimagining History

Posted on April 6, 2018 by Cynthia Coleman Emery

Taking Liberty with a Grin Can you close your eyes and imagine the famous painting of George Washington crossing the Delaware? Remember the general standing tall, facing the wind, in a tiny boat? An American flag unfurls while sailors guide … Continue reading →

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The Menace that Threatens “True Americanism”

Posted on March 21, 2018 by Cynthia Coleman Emery

A closeted French philosopher, an immigrant from Jamaica, a Jew who fled the Nazis then killed himself, and a feminist who writes about film. Does this sound like the foundation for a college communication course? When my communication class starts … Continue reading →

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Casting Light on the Dark Side of Politics

Posted on October 19, 2016 by Cynthia Coleman Emery

How to Create Doubt Tonight marks the final formal debate between the two presidential candidates and I’m asking my students to consider the question: How do we create doubt? When you listen to the debate and hear arguments about “truths,” … Continue reading →

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High gloss won’t restore the sheen on the warty toad

Posted on August 26, 2016 by Cynthia Coleman Emery

POLITICAL NEWS: Part 3 (Earlier this week I wrote that the comb-over candidate’s spinmeisters are redoubling their efforts to curb the candidate’s runaway tongue by having him stick to a carefully scripted playbook. Today’s New York Times confirms the prediction. … Continue reading →

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POLITICAL NEWS: Part 2 of 3

Posted on August 23, 2016 by Cynthia Coleman Emery

Lipstick on a pig? A toad?  (My last blog, Stuck on the Tar Baby, takes a look at what it means in the worlds of journalism and public-relations to frame $2 billion in “free” press coverage in today’s presidential campaign. … Continue reading →

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Playing the Woman Card

Posted on April 29, 2016 by Cynthia Coleman Emery

Don’t look now: media are priming us. Priming in the same sense that you prime a pump by activating the flow of water. When you want to extract water from a well, you first need to “prime the pump” by … Continue reading →

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What is courage?

Posted on April 26, 2016 by Cynthia Coleman Emery

Today’s news made me wonder: how do you define courage? I heard a report that one of the US presidential candidates was “strong” and “courageous” after taking on the gun lobby No doubt it takes guts to get behind sanctions … Continue reading →

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Advertising’s Ubiquity

Posted on April 11, 2016 by Cynthia Coleman Emery

The word of the day in our propaganda class is ubiquity. Advertising, we learned, is ubiquitous. Borrowed from the Latin, by way of the French, ubique refers to “everywhere.” Students understand advertising completely, offering examples from the logos on football … Continue reading →

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Oscar’s Platform for Politics  

Posted on March 2, 2016 by Cynthia Coleman Emery

  DiCaprio’s Plea for Indigenous Acknowledgement Gets Buried Leonardo DiCaprio’s acceptance speech for Best Actor at Sunday’s Academy Awards ceremony turned into a Rorschach test for viewers: you heard what you wanted to hear. After thanking The Revenant team, DiCaprio … Continue reading →

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Indians under glass

Posted on April 30, 2015 by Cynthia Coleman Emery

The Indian exhibit currently underway at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City takes an unexpected turn. The Plains Indians: Artists of Earth and Sky assumes a soft approach. There’s an Osage pipe, a beaded dress from the … Continue reading →

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