Teaching Critical Thinking or Manufacturing Consent
Introduction
When the World Health Organization announced a viral pandemic in early 2020, universities around the world swiftly adopted a wide range of emergency measures....
Democracy Lost: Propaganda, Character Assassination and the Campaign Against Professor David Miller
On October 1st 2021, the University of Bristol decided to buckle in the face of a near 3 year-long militant Zionist campaign and fire Professor...
The Real Problem of Disinformation
According to the UK Government, which has set up a dedicated Counter-Disinformation Unit, there is a ‘danger that hostile actors use online disinformation to undermine our...
Reflections on PR and Propaganda at heart of Ethical Space
Reflections on public relations and propaganda and critiques of the corporate media lie at the heart of Ethical Space: The International Journal of Communication...
Manifesto for Peace Media in the 21st Century
Professors and researchers in the field of communication launch a manifesto calling for the media to serve peace.
In the midst of an upsurge of...
‘We Are a Nation of Shopkeepers’
Abstract
Professor Cees Hamelink has been a rare critical voice in Dutch and international communication scholarship for the last half a century. His work has...
Greg Philo (1947-2024) – Researcher, Mentor, above all an empirical sociologist
I first met Greg in the summer of 1985 just after I had finished my first degree. I walked into his office, knocked on...
Whose Disinformation Is It Anyway? BBC vs Critical Academics
BBC Radio recently broadcast a File on 4 programme called Ukraine: The Disinformation War, promoted with the strapline ‘British academics accused of sharing Russian...
Academic Complicity in the Censorship Industry: The Case of Kate Starbird
The U.S. Congress has recently heard a report from the House Judiciary Committee which presents disturbing allegations about U.S. Government involvement in surveillance and...
Follow Bitcoin: Media, Academia, Money and Propaganda
Time is money. Money talks. Money does not grow on trees. Save for a rainy day. There is no such thing as a free...