![]() ![]() ![]() Demick explains that propaganda constantly bombards North Koreans in the form of billboards, state television, and even loud, chipper public service announcements which Workers’ Party members blare from megaphones mounted to vans that drive through cities and villages. By exploring the use of propaganda as a means of deception and control, Demick suggests that when the concept of objective truth is eradicated, people can be completely controlled by misinformation.įirst, Demick shows how propaganda is an effective means of control in North Korea in part because it’s so constant. Throughout the book, Demick shows how a constant stream of state propaganda has been used to deceive and control a population of over 25 million. In Nothing to Envy, Barbara Demick investigates the lives of ordinary people who have defected from North Korea. ![]()
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