Jacques Ellul’s “Anti-Democratic Economy:” Persuading Citizens and Consumers in the Information Society
Jacques Ellul's thoughts on the increasingly conspicuous role of persuasion techniques bring to the fore the persuasive and normative effects of new communication techniques at the core of contemporary consumer/citizen culture, as well as the limits of that instrumental stance towards mediated...
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Paderborn University: Media Systems and Media Organisation Research Group
2014-03-01
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| description | Jacques Ellul's thoughts on the increasingly conspicuous role of persuasion techniques bring to the fore the persuasive and normative effects of new communication techniques at the core of contemporary consumer/citizen culture, as well as the limits of that instrumental stance towards mediated human communication. By drawing insights from authors who shared some of Ellul's concerns, such as Frankfurt School theorists, Vance Packard and Ivan Illich, this paper explores this “normative invasion” of human life by technique as a feature of contemporary information technology politics, specifically in (1) the historical context of normative and material technological colonization, and (2) the intertwining of propaganda and information warfare in the current reshaping of information politics. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-83f6005e2a604d5eb21609ae47b5dd5e2023-08-02T04:02:59ZengPaderborn University: Media Systems and Media Organisation Research GrouptripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique1726-670X1726-670X2014-03-0112116920110.31269/triplec.v12i1.465465Jacques Ellul’s “Anti-Democratic Economy:” Persuading Citizens and Consumers in the Information SocietyArtur Matos Alves0Universidade Atlântica CECL, Universidade Nova de LisboaJacques Ellul's thoughts on the increasingly conspicuous role of persuasion techniques bring to the fore the persuasive and normative effects of new communication techniques at the core of contemporary consumer/citizen culture, as well as the limits of that instrumental stance towards mediated human communication. By drawing insights from authors who shared some of Ellul's concerns, such as Frankfurt School theorists, Vance Packard and Ivan Illich, this paper explores this “normative invasion” of human life by technique as a feature of contemporary information technology politics, specifically in (1) the historical context of normative and material technological colonization, and (2) the intertwining of propaganda and information warfare in the current reshaping of information politics.https://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/465Jacques EllulIvan IllichVance PackardpropagandaconsumercitizenICTcyber-politicscolonization |
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| title | Jacques Ellul’s “Anti-Democratic Economy:” Persuading Citizens and Consumers in the Information Society |
| title_full | Jacques Ellul’s “Anti-Democratic Economy:” Persuading Citizens and Consumers in the Information Society |
| title_fullStr | Jacques Ellul’s “Anti-Democratic Economy:” Persuading Citizens and Consumers in the Information Society |
| title_full_unstemmed | Jacques Ellul’s “Anti-Democratic Economy:” Persuading Citizens and Consumers in the Information Society |
| title_short | Jacques Ellul’s “Anti-Democratic Economy:” Persuading Citizens and Consumers in the Information Society |
| title_sort | jacques ellul s anti democratic economy persuading citizens and consumers in the information society |
| topic | Jacques Ellul Ivan Illich Vance Packard propaganda consumer citizen ICT cyber-politics colonization |
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