I had not, no, ..until tonight (although in theory, I think I recognize it all over history and blaringly from Reagan to Bushwack to Clinton to Bushwack, no doubt so many previous professional presidentors as well). ..But my mind most recalls life & diplomacy during the Reagan & Ol’man Bushwacker eras ..because I was in the pre & post primetime o my youth. But one could also say that ALL advertisement anymore could loosely fit the definition; look at Toyota, for instance, AND fackin’ BP/Helliburton! and everything coming out of the GOP & it’s pundits, I think. ..And, well, how many decades of conquest & propaganda from powerful entities as far back as forever from the East to the West?

Oh the tangled web .. the slight of hand .. the fuckthumb machine .. of those in command (sometimes absolutely necessary for survival, but probably far more for sake of really bad shit).

..Unless I’m not quite comprehending the definition?

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/perception+management

But I am very interested in your elaboration, Andrea, … (& Heathcliffe’s take too---in addition to or in lieu of anything db’d have to offer on the subject in the 21st Century :O)