Tell Me No L.I.E.S.: A New Framework for Propaganda Analysis
Editors’ note: This article is part of a chapter published in Colin Alexander's latest book, Fear and Loathing in the Pandemic: Propaganda and Misinformation during...
Shifting Standards: Western Media and the Ukrainian ‘Myrotvorets’ Hit List
As war rages, Ukrainian blacklist Myrotvorets, which means “Peacemaker” in Ukrainian, continues to add to its website the names of activists, politicians, journalists, and...
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...
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...
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...
Media Literacy 2025
Government psyops
Throughout history, rulers across the globe have tried to control their populations, to gain consent, and to enable them to implement their policies...
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...
Verdict in Trial of Tamara Lich and Chris Barber
Does the right to peacefully protest and freedom of speech still exist in Canada?
The Freedom Convoy was sparked by the Liberal government’s insistence that...
Threats to Freedom of Expression: Covid-19, the ‘fact checking counter-disinformation industry’, and online harm...
(Also published by PANDA and at PANDA substack)
We are living through an era in which freedom of expression is evaporating. Numerous scientists have been...
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...