Why are we so easily seduced by propaganda? Trace the history of the art of persuasion. Propaganda: The Art of Selling Lies asks the question: why are we so easily seduced by propaganda? This film ...
Scott Anthony, deputy head of research at the U.K. Science Museum Group, discusses 'The Story of British Propaganda Film,' which examines everything from overt propaganda in the U.K. tied to WWII to ...
In another example of AI being used to spread misinformation and propaganda during big world events, a CBC Canada reporter has had her voice ...
Stories Are Weapons: Psychological Warfare and the American Mind; By Annalee Newitz; W.W. Norton & Co.; 272 pp., $27.99 The effect of Hunter’s exposé about the supposed potency of communist propaganda ...
For armed groups in northwest Nigeria, digital platforms like TikTok have become part of an 'algorithmic theatre' where short ...
We inhabit a fractured information landscape where truth itself has become negotiable. Lying has not only lost its stigma — it’s become a viable strategy for success. Politicians lie with impunity, ...
Stanley is primarily concerned with what he calls “undermining propaganda” (p. 51). Undermining propaganda, he says, appeals to an ideal in the service of a goal that in fact contradicts this very ...
As you can see, newspaper writers categorized conservative persons and positions as “extremist” or as “far right,” or as “ultra conservative” far more than they categorized liberal counterparts in ...
That is why Holocaust language matters. When “kapo," “Judenrat," and Nazi comparisons become political slang-used by non-Jews against Israel or by Jews against other Jews-we don’t just offend. We ...
Radio is thriving across Africa. Exact figures are difficult to come by because audience research differs across countries. But studies estimate radio listenership to be between 60% and 80% of the ...
The attacks against Vice President Kamala Harris, now the leading candidate to become the Democratic Party’s 2024 presidential nominee after President Joe Biden’s historic decision to exit his race ...
The hour-long documentary, “Gaza: How to Survive a War Zone,” was broadcast on Feb. 17. It followed the conflict through the eyes of three children. The BBC has been accused of turning itself into a ...