![]() ![]() Propaganda ends where regular dialogue begins. “In order to be effective, propaganda cannot be carried away by particulars - and not only because it will take too long to win people to one’s side, but also for this reason: it is very difficult to form the views of an isolated individual. According to Ellul, the main goal of the propagandist is to create the illusion of the absence of any influence, and this can be achieved with the help of total propaganda: Thus, he believed that propaganda was necessary for democratic systems, not totalitarian ones, since the latter used different methods of manipulating society. In addition, in his work, the French philosopher presented original ideas that had not previously been expressed by other researchers. ![]() “Propaganda is a set of methods used by an organized group that wants to achieve active or passive participation in their actions of a mass of individuals united by psychological manipulations and incorporated into the organization.” In the book, Jacques Ellul gives the following definition of propaganda: ![]()
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