03331nam 2200637 a 450 991077905880332120230802004653.01-280-59408-X97866136239110-19-971717-6(CKB)2550000000087894(EBL)886659(OCoLC)777262264(SSID)ssj0000599794(PQKBManifestationID)11382290(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000599794(PQKBWorkID)10598466(PQKB)11200613(MiAaPQ)EBC886659(Au-PeEL)EBL886659(CaPaEBR)ebr10531090(CaONFJC)MIL362391(EXLCZ)99255000000008789420110819d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPropaganda in the helping professions[electronic resource] /Eileen GambrillNew York, NY Oxford University Press20121 online resource (581 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-532500-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- Propaganda in the helping professions : what is it and why should you care? -- Context, actors, and scripts -- Introduction to the players -- Interactions among the players -- Propaganda analysis : different levels -- Consequences of propaganda -- A Rogue's gallery of harms related to propaganda in the helping professions -- The medicalization of life -- How they reel us in -- Obscure different views of knowledge and how to get it -- Appeal to popular grand narratives and metaphors -- Disguise advertisements as professional literature -- Propagandistic use of language and social psychological persuasion -- Strategies -- Appeal to our psychological vulnerabilities -- What you can do -- Enhance your argument analysis skills -- Increase your skill in spotting fallacies -- Increase your skill in searching for answers for yourself -- Notes -- References -- Index.Propaganda in the helping professions has grown by leaps and bounds in recent decades, with alarming implications for clients and their families, as well as the professionals who try to help them. There is a fog that has been generated by corporate interests and organizations attempting to sell their services and products to desperate or poorly educated consumers. Propaganda in the Helping Professions is a guide to lifting the confusion. From phrenology to institutional crib-beds for adult psychiatric patients, from Roman bird-beak masks to drugs designed to combat overurination, readers are tProfessional employeesConsumer confidencePropagandaPersuasion (Psychology)Consumer educationProfessional employees.Consumer confidence.Propaganda.Persuasion (Psychology)Consumer education.650.101/4Gambrill Eileen D.1934-142430MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910779058803321Propaganda in the helping professions3810824UNINA