But modem propaganda has long dis dained the ridiculous lies of past and outmoded forms of propa ganda. Most people are easy prey for propaganda, Ellul says, because of their firm but entirely erroneous conviction that it is composed only of lies and "tall stories” and that, conversely, what is true cannot be propaganda.
Only in the technological society can there be anything of the type and order of magnitude of modem propa ganda, which is with us forever and only with the all-pervading effects that flow from propaganda can the technological society hold itself together and further expand. Propaganda exists and thrives it is the Siamese twin of our tech nological society. The principal difference between his thought edifice and most other literature on propaganda is that Ellul regards propaganda as a sociological phenomenon rather than as something made by certain people for certain purposes. Introduction Jacques Ellul’s view of propaganda and his approach to the study of propaganda are new.
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