The Warped Logic of Douglas Murray
Sooner rather than later, every student of propaganda has to face the fact that a lot of what the propagandist says is not designed...
Herman and Chomsky’s Propaganda Model
Editors Note: This short article is part of our series Key Thinkers and Ideas in Propaganda Studies.
In 1988 Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky published...
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...
Mass Shootings and Media Spin
Introduction
Mass shootings represent a complex and multifaceted phenomenon, drawing from individual, social, and environmental origins. Current legislative and media initiatives predominantly concentrate on firearm...
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...
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...
Schrödinger’s novichok: 12 points from the Dawn Sturgess inquiry, part 1
What happens when evidence of a nerve agent poisoning exists in impossible dual states? Part one of a three-part report on the Dawn Sturgess...
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...
The Covid-19 Concoction: A Recipe for Successful Psychological Operations
Abstract: When viewed as a war story, the COVID-19 narrative framed in corporate media urges citizens to be on a constant “war footing” and...