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The Revival of the Propaganda State

US Propaganda at Home and Abroad since 9/11

Nancy Snow

College of Communications, California State University, PO Box 6846, Fullerton, CA, 92834-6846, USA nsnow{at}fullerton.edu

Philip M. Taylor

Institute of Communications Studies, Houldsworth Building, University of Leeds LS2 9JT, UK p.m.taylor{at}leeds.ac.uk

Events since 11 September 2001 have brought to light debates about the revival of public diplomacy and the role of propaganda in domestic and global communications. This article analyzes American strategies to manipulate information and to ‘manage’ the media against the backdrop of the ongoing war on terrorism and of the conflict in Iraq. It explores the problematic tension between democratic ideals and principles toward openness alongside government and military needs of operational security and to secure public support in a ‘war’ that has been declared on global terrorism. This ongoing tension requires a genuine movement toward more open media and advocacy on the part of global citizens, including the strengthening of independent and non-corporate media, in order to challenge prevailing media that are subject to government and military influence. In a democracy, when things go wrong at home, it becomes much more difficult to project a positive image abroad. The impact of these trends in undermining the messages of public diplomacy overseas helps to explain both the success of US propaganda at home and its failure abroad.

Key Words: censorship • democracy • GreatBritain • propaganda • publicdiplomacy • September11 • UnitedStates

International Communication Gazette, Vol. 68, No. 5-6, 389-407 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/1748048506068718
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