Friday, March 29, 2024
Matt Alford at United Nations

Why We Must Fix the Media – and Save the World

Imagine if you will… An evil dictator is on the brink of making a nuclear bomb at a secret facility carved deep inside the Zagros mountains....

Models of War Propaganda and Media

The Study of Propaganda The formal study of propaganda is impregnated with academic discourses from literature (including rhetoric and narrative), linguistics (semiotics), sociolinguistics (discourse), psychology...

The Politics of Suicide

It is an unwritten rule of news reporting that suicides in general should not be reported on, and when they are, this should be...

Bellingcat attacks Bonanza Media

Editors' Note: Controversy over the downing of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 has persisted with the West and its allies blaming the pro-Russian separatists in...
Peaceful Hearts Doctor

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...
Editing A Paper

While the Millions Die: How I Learned To Stop Worrying That Our Media Can...

This article draws upon research originally conducted by: Alan MacLeod, Daniel Broudy, Jeffrey Klaehn, and Florian Zollmann and builds upon an earlier piece published...

Far-Right Extremists and Neo-Nazis are Everywhere (but some are more ‘worthy’ than others)

February 2022 was a crucial turning point in human affairs. For two years, all matters Covid-19 dominated the public sphere, yet within a few...
Aaron Bushnell's Vigil

Understanding Aaron Bushnell’s Suicide Outside the Israeli Embassy

Introduction On Sunday 25 February, US Air Force serviceman Aaron Bushnell, 25, set himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy in Washington DC. He did...
Horse Blinders Propaganda

In A Compromised Media Environment, Western Intelligence Agencies Escalate NATO’s Proxy War In Ukraine...

The NATO Proxy War: A Bird’s Eye View As winter bites, the current NATO proxy war that has raged for almost a year shows no...

Mainstream news media, the state and censorship: What amounts to undue influence?

An article appeared in early editions of The Times on Saturday 18th June 2022 that alleged that Boris Johnson had attempted to hire Carrie...