Techniques of Persuasion

Name/Title

Techniques of Persuasion

Description

An objective, scientific look at the mechanisms used by governments, advertisers, and religious groups to influence human thought and behavior.

Context

Demystified Cold War "Brainwashing" hysteria, helped pioneer critical media literacy, and established persuasion not as an isolated marketing technique, but as a primary structural mechanism of power and societal control.

Category

Public Relations

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Book

Book Details

Author

J.A.C. Brown

Publisher

Penguin Books

Place Published

City

Baltimore

State/Province

Maryland

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Published

1963

Notes

Pages: 325

Create Date

October 7, 2022

Update Date

August 7, 2026