Deafening Silences: propaganda through censorship, smearing and coercion
(Also published at pandata.org.)Since the start of the COVID event, authorities around the world have sought to implement quite extraordinary policies including the so-called...
Propaganda for Beginners, Part 6: Pride in Prejudice; The manipulation of perception through “pre-bunking”
(Part 6 of the series “Propaganda for Beginners”: Read Parts 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.)
What is “pre-bunking” and why is it dangerous? It is a method of...
Misinformation or Public Debate?
Introduction
In recent years, there has been an upsurge of concern about online misinformation and disinformation, with efforts to thwart it. In many cases, claims...
Cockup or Conspiracy: Understanding COVID-19 as a ‘Structural Deep Event’
(Updated July 2023 based upon article originally published by PANDA in March 2022)
It has been three years since COVID-19 emerged as a dominant and,...
Resuscitating the Comatose: The Defibrillating Fine Art of John Whitehead
Introduction
Michelangelo mastered mannerism, Georges Seurat pointillism, Vincent Van Gogh impressionism, Edvard Munch expressionism, and Pablo Picasso cubism. The multiplicity of movements developed by countless...
Ivermectin and Televised Mainstream News: A Case Study of Propaganda
Abstract
Televised mainstream news (TMN) may be relaying intentionally misleading descriptions and narratives that are effectively synonymous with propaganda. This study proposes that TMN knowingly...
Missing Conversation: COVID-19 Policies and the Silencing of Healthcare Workers
Introduction
As a former practicing physician in Argentina, a sociologist by discipline, and now a professor of health policy, I never imagined that I would...
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....
‘Never Let a Good Crisis go to Waste’: Understanding Propaganda and COVID
It’s been two years since COVID-19 became a dominant and all-consuming issue . Now there are signs we are witnessing the unravelling of some...
Between Administration and Society: Camus, Plagues, and Coronavirus
Abstract: This article examines the relevance of Albert Camus’s novel, The Plague, for understanding the rationales and actions taken by state actors in the CoVid-19 crisis. Because...