modern propaganda(translated:sex,games,discos)

By Candice Novak
The interesting thing about military propaganda is the way it almost never depicts any real aspect of war (displacement, death, destruction) and always sells something that is emotionally attractive, but has nothing to do with war (like hot chicks and discotechs). At least with product propaganda (advertisements) something of the ad has to [...]

(still very bloody)diamonds

By Candice Novak
By Wednesday the Sierra Leone court will announce the fate of RUF ‘rebel’ leaders who controlled and reaped most of their financial support from the ‘blood diamond’ industry in that country.
In the last few years it seemed as though the blood diamond problem was over, but news from Zimbabwe’s failed sale of ill-gotten [...]

ad, graffiti… what’s the difference?

By Candice Novak
Answer: The difference is obviously whose paying for that space in the public eye. In lay terms, money. But in the last few weeks there has been a lot of push-back to renew the debate.
In the last few weeks there has been a flurry of activity around the question of advertising’s role in [...]