Sunday Lecture – Our Public Relations their Propaganda: Engineering Consent in a Democratic Society

Although propaganda is at least as old as civilisation its modern political and corporate forms were only systematically developed in the United States around the time of World War One. This lecture will explore the reasons for its promotion there at that time and will give a historical account of some of the techniques elaborated and their bearing on the use propaganda in the exercise of democracy today.; Graham Bell is a former schoolteacher and is a current member of South Place Ethical Society (SPES).; Open to all. No need to book in advance.