IMG: Freud, Symbolism & Africa

From the previous post on Symbolism by Dr Umar Johnson, I found several pictures of of Freud's office, each clearly showing numerous African masks, dolls, and other artifacts.

Dr. Johnson describes the origin of Freud's subconscious theories as distinctly African, which he learned after visiting the continent.

VID: How Symbols Are Used To Control Black People - Dr Umar Johnson

VID: Propaganda / Social Engineering and the Manufacturing of Human Thought

Contains a very interesting view on "NLP" or Neuro Linguistic Programming at the end by the author.

BOOK/AUDIO: Propaganda - Edward Bernays - 1928

Edward Bernays - Propaganda - Full Book on archive.org [txt] [pdf]

http://smellslikehumanspirit.com/edwa... Edward Bernays' 'Propaganda' Deconstructed - The following is a 10 hour audio series that I recorded between April 2013 and February 2014, all about the 'Father of PR', Edward Bernays. This series is probably the project that I'm most proud of since I began podcasting. In fact, on a near daily basis, I still receive e-mails about it! 

Over the course of 10 hours (!), I take you through Bernays' magnum opus, 'Propaganda', written in 1928. I take a critical look at just how influential his ideas were, and detail the resulting impact in relation to public relations, advertising, celebrity culture, and democracy itself. Along the way, you will hear from various guest speakers as well, including Edward Bernays' own daughter, Anne Bernays. 

If you would like even more information on Edward Bernays and 'Propaganda', you can head over to http://smellslikehumanspirit.com/edwa... to access further resources, read the book transcript, and even download this series in an 13-part episode format.

With that all being said, I encourage you to listen, like, share and subscribe! I appreciate your support, so enjoy, and peace :)
- Guy Evans

Who is Edward Bernays?

Edward Bernays, born in Vienna in 1891 and famously the nephew of Sigmund Freud, was perhaps the pioneer in the field of Public Relations, and highly influential in providing the framework for modern advertising. His work aimed to convince people to want things that they didn’t need, and in the process, link their unconscious desires to the consumption of mass produced goods. This in turn, it was theorized, could be used to control the masses, as by keeping them distracted on frivolous happenings and relatively unimportant wants, they wouldn’t interfere with the activities of what he called ‘the important few’. 

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CONTENTS 

I. Organizing Chaos 9 

II. The New Propaganda 19 

III. The New Propagandists .... 32 

IV. The Psychology of Public Relations 47 

V. Business and the Public .... 62 

VI. Propaganda and Political Leadership 92 

VII. Women's Activities and Propaganda 115 

VIII. Propaganda for Education . . 121 

IX. Propaganda in Social Service . . 135 

X. Art and Science 141 

XI. The Mechanics of Propaganda . . 150  

Excerpt:

CHAPTER I 

ORGANIZING CHAOS 

The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the 
organized habits and opinions of the masses is an 
important element in democratic society. Those who 
manipulate this unseen mechanism of society consti- 
tute an invisible government which is the true ruling 
power of our country. 

We are governed, our minds are molded, our 
tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men 
we have never heard of. This is a logical result of 
the way in which our democratic society is organized. 
Vast numbers of human beings must cooperate in 
this manner if they are to live together as a smooth- 
ly functioning society. 

Our invisible governors are, in many cases, un- 
aware of the identity of their fellow members in the 
inner cabinet. 

They govern us by their qualities of natural leader- 
ship, their ability to supply needed ideas and by their 
key position in the social structure. Whatever atti- 
tude one chooses to take toward this condition, it 
remains a fact that in almost every act of our daily 
lives, whether in the sphere of politics or business, 
in our social conduct or our ethical thinking, we are 

9 

Propaganda 

dominated by the relatively small number of per- 
sons — a trifling fraction of our hundred and twenty 
million — who understand the mental processes and 
social patterns of the masses. It is they who pull the 
wires which control the public mind, who harness old 
social forces and contrive new ways to bind and guide 
the world. 

It is not usually realized how necessary these in- 
visible governors are to the orderly functioning of 
our group life. In theory, every citizen may vote 
for whom he pleases. Our Constitution does not 
envisage political parties as part of the mechanism 
of government, and its framers seem not to have 
pictured to themselves the existence in our national 
politics of anything like the modern political ma- 
chine. But the American voters soon found that 
without organization and direction their individual 
votes, cast, perhaps, for dozens or hundreds of can- 
didates, would produce nothing but confusion. In- 
visible government, in the shape of rudimentary 
political parties, arose almost overnight. Ever since 
then we have agreed, for the sake of simplicity and 
practicality, that party machines should narrow down 
the field of choice to two candidates, or at most three 
or four. 

In theory, every citizen makes up his mind on 
public questions and matters of private conduct. In 
practice, if all men had to study for themselves the 
abstruse economic, political, and ethical data involved 

10 

Organizing Chaos 

in every question, they would find it impossible to 
come to a conclusion about anything. We have 
voluntarily agreed to let an invisible government 
sift the data and high-spot the outstanding issues so 
that our field of choice shall be narrowed to practical 
proportions. From our leaders and the media they 
use to reach the public, we accept the evidence and 
the demarcation of issues bearing upon public ques- 
tions; from some ethical teacher, be it a minister, a 
favorite essayist, or merely prevailing opinion, we 
accept a standardized code of social conduct to which 
we conform most of the time. 

In theory, everybody buys the best and cheapest 
commodities offered him on the market. In practice, 
if every one went around pricing, and chemically 
testing before purchasing, the dozens of soaps or 
fabrics or brands of bread which are for sale, eco- 
nomic life would become hopelessly jammed. To 
avoid such confusion, society consents to have its 
choice narrowed to ideas and objects brought to its 
attention through propaganda of all kinds. There 
is consequently a vast and continuous effort going on 
to capture our minds in the interest of some policy or 
commodity or idea.  

Read the rest @ https://archive.org/details/Propaganda1928ByEdwardL.Bernays

VID: Adam Curtis - The Century of Self - Parts 1 - 4

This paramount work carefully details the growth of 'public relations' efforts of the early 1900's to the all-pervasive propaganda we experience today.

Kevin Adam Curtis (born 26 May 1955), better known as Adam Curtis, is an English documentary filmmaker. Curtis says that his favourite theme is "power and how it works in society", and his works explore areas of sociology, philosophy and political history.^[1]He describes his work as journalism that happens to be expounded upon through the medium of film. His films have won three BAFTAs. He has been closely associated with the BBC throughout his career.

The Century of the Self is a British television documentary series by Adam Curtis, released in 2002. It focuses on how the work of Sigmund Freud, Anna Freud, and Edward Bernays influenced the way corporations and governments have analyzed, dealt with, and controlled people.

The Century Of The Self 1 of 4 Happiness Machines (17 March 2002) from Erich Nolan Bertussi on Vimeo.

The Century Of The Self 2 of 4 The Engineering of Consent (24 March 2002) from Erich Nolan Bertussi on Vimeo.

The Century Of the Self 3 of 4 There is a Policeman Inside All Our Heads He Must Be Destroyed (31 March 2002) from Erich Nolan Bertussi on Vimeo.

The Century Of the Self 4 of 4 Eight People Sipping Wine in Kettering (7 April 2002 from Erich Nolan Bertussi on Vimeo.

VID: Outfoxed - Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism

Bigger than Fox News and false right/left wing dichotomies, this is a behind the scenes look at mass media, complete with the daily memos detailing what to talk about and what not to ...

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3:09 During the first few years that Murdoch's ownership of Fox's DC affiliate, he had a hands-off approach to new content; partially due to their success. One day orders came from Murdoch's offices that the network should cut away from their regularly scheduled program and broadcast the RNC's fawning tribute to Reagan: "we were ordered, from the top, to carry propaganda; Republican, right-wing propaganda". It foreshadowed what Fox News would later become. 

6:30 Former Fox News reporters and bookers say that they are afraid to be seen "talking to the wrong people". Working for Fox meant you were constantly being monitored. It created a culture of fear. If you challenged the heads of the network On ideological matters, you were history. 

10:45 “Some People Say” – FOX uses the phrase "some people say" to mask opinion as news. 

19:04 Fox News contributors are under paid contract for their appearance; if they deviate from the party lines, they might not get asked back onto shows. 

21:22 Fox News went after Richard Clarke as soon as it was apparent that he was going to paint the Bush administration in a bad light. For Fox News, "mudding" arguments is almost as good as winning them. So, they didn't need to definitely prove that Clarke, a former member of the Bush Administration, was angling for a position in a Kerry Whitehouse, they just had to make it look like a possibility. 

22:28 They put weak-looking , lesser known liberals up against photogenic, self-assured conservatives. 

26:29 Republicans accounted for 83% of the guests while Democrats accounted for 17% of guest on the network's most prestigious show. Of those democrats, most were either centrist or conservative. 

27:50 Stories they Cover...Stories they Ignore - Management set the tone for stories: Jesse Jackson was always to be painted in a negative light, as were immigrants. Culture war issues - abortion, affirmative action, gay marriage - were often covered while ignoring issues regarding the economy, health care, and the environment.  

34:38 O'Reilly's show is a good example of everything that is wrong with Fox News -- Stories are selected to prop-up the Republican party and their point of view; O'Reilly is very hostile to guest who disagrees with him; and he distorts and misrepresent things. 

42:00 Many Fox News stories are meant to generate fear; for example, stories about what to do if there's a "dirty bomb" attack. Fear is a great motivator and organizer; even when there is no real evidence for it. Terrorism is the ultimate fear-baiting; and when people are fearful, they are more likely to support military interventions. Talking about terrorism also means that you can avoid talking about other issues, like the economy. 

46:29 Fox made the decision to present the Iraq war as a success. "The senior producer told the two or three writers for her news hour...'now, just keep in mind that it's all good. This is such a fair and balance issue. Keep it positive. We got to emphasize all the good we are doing". 

48:43 Knowledge Networks Poll - It's a simple survey about fact regarding current events. The more likely people were to watch Fox News, the more misinformed they were and the more likely they were to back the Bush Administration. 

50:49 Fox News repeats and propagates the Republican Party platform. It was widely known that the Fox reporter covering the 2000 Bush campaign was married to a Bush campaigner. This wouldn't have been allowed at CNN. 

52:47 Election Night 2000 - The first guy to call the election for Bush was the head of Fox's New's election analyze division; Bush's first cousin. He called it a clear win, when in fact it was too close too call. 

59:16 The Republican send out "the message of the day" so that conservative talk radio, Fox News, and Republican elected officials will all be talking about the same issues, in the same way. 

58:41 2004 Election; coverage of Bush was always glowing, while Kerry was shown in a negative light. 

1:02:51 During the 2004 election, Fox News painted a very rosy picture of the American economy and by selecting statistics which showed just that. Of course, they credited Bush for the "good" economy. When the stock market had a bad day, they claimed it was because of fear over the prospect of a Kerry presidency. 

1:05:28 Murdoch is foremost a politician and this is what makes him dangerous. 

1:06:57 The Fox Effect - It made other news organization more conservative because they saw how well Fox did. 

1:09:13 A Call to Action - Media control is a political issue. People need to demand accuracy.

Also, from Huffington Post: It's Been Ten Years Since 'Outfoxed' Gave Fox News A Huge Headache:

"Outfoxed," caused a major stir when it was released in 2004. The film leveled stinging allegations at the network, accusing it of conservative bias, politicized coverage and strategic manipulation of its viewers....Since the film's debut, several news outlets and journalists have continued to document the political ties between the network and the Republican Party, notably Rolling Stone and Roger Ailes' biographer Gabriel Sherman.

Interesting how it is framed as a problem of only Fox News, and 'Republican' Parties.

This should be considered with the long list of documentaries detailing what propaganda is, how it works, and its effects, which will be listed on this site.

VID: Colonialism And Media Psychological War - Dr. Jared Ball At The BIB Conference on the Other Wars

A most concise analysis of ‪#‎propaganda‬/public relations/psychological warfare (euphemisms) in terms of ‪#‎HipHop‬ and ‪#‎Colonialism‬