Censorship Du Jour
Why were the Blue Coats continually serving up an entree no one requested?
Now that the US presidential election is over, I’d like to share...
The Binary Narratives of the Rules Based Order’s Regime Change Propaganda Against Georgia
In the South Caucasus, the small state of Georgia has re-entered the news cycle of the Rules Based Order as being a problematic issue...
Propaganda for Beginners, Part 3: Scripted Reality: How political narratives influence and guide our...
Part 3 of the series: Propaganda for Beginners. Part 1 available here, Part 2 available here
(Editorial note: This article appeared first in German on...
Propaganda for Beginners, Part 1: The Primacy-Effect
(Editorial note: This article appeared first in German on NachDenkSeiten)
Introduction
Propaganda is a well-known and effective tool for manipulating public opinion. We are familiar with...
Julian Assange and the Continuing Threats to Journalism
Also to be published by the Institute for the Public Interest
Like millions of people, I woke up on the 25th June, 2024 to a...
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...
How “Censorship” Became “The Fight Against Disinformation” in Germany: A Story in Six Steps
Step 1: 2014 – Ukraine
After the coup in Kiev in 2014, the media across the spectrum — from right to left — started reporting...
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...
Freedom Convoy Protesters in Crosshairs of Illiberal Canadian Government
“In a fully developed bureaucracy there is nobody left with whom one can argue, to whom one can represent grievances, on whom the pressures...
The End of Canada: The Shift from Democracy to Totalitarian Behaviour in the ‘Pandemic...
Introduction
March 2024 marks the fourth anniversary of one of the most disastrous assaults on human rights in Canadian history. This assault was in synch...