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It is the emergence of mass media which makes possible the use of propaganda techniques on a societal scale.

Jacques Ellul

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Jacques Ellul
Age: 82 †
Born: 1912
Born: January 6
Died: 1994
Died: May 19
French Resistance Fighter
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