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- Title
METHODS OF OPINION CONTROL IN PRESENT-DAY BRAZIL.
- Authors
Sharp, Walter R.
- Abstract
Throughout the history of Brazil as an independent country, it has been dismantled by inter-regional strife and jealousy. The Vargas régime in Brazil, in its current context, is an exceptional reminder of the Italian Fascism up to the middle 1920s. Brazil is a reminiscent of a partially completed syndicalist structure that has dominated Europe during the era. It has witnessed the evolution of an elaborate apparatus of propaganda and censorship. The article presents a discussion on the effectiveness of the Brazilian system of opinion management. The Vargas régime has been motivated by both negative and positive considerations in its attempt to design popular opinion. On the negative side, the principal objective has been to prevent the expression and spread of ideas prejudicial to the maintenance of the régime. Due to the possibility of an organized opposition undermining its foundations, the régime has not allowed the development of such opposition. Positive objectives of the control system are associated chiefly with propaganda, insuring the internal security of the régime. The propaganda has been build up an active support for its leaders and their policies.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; BRAZILIAN propaganda; POLITICAL psychology; PUBLIC opinion; BRAZILIAN politics &; government; FASCISM; SYNDICALISM; VARGAS (Book)
- Publication
Public Opinion Quarterly, 1941, Vol 5, Issue 1, p3
- ISSN
0033-362X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1086/265460