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...
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...
Holiday Funding Drive
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Questioning The Official Story About Official Stories: A Role for Citizen Investigations
(Also published at timhayward.wordpress)
Official stories, according to the official story about them, are (nearly) always true. The ‘nearly’ gets mentioned just because, on rare...
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...
The Conspiracy Label as a Tool of Propaganda, Part II: The Multi-institutional Politics of...
(A follow-up to Part I: The Conspiracy Label as a Tool of Propaganda, Part I: Origins and Organizations Behind the Conspiracy Label)When my stepdaughter...
Cryptoganda
INTRO: HELLO, MY NAME IS … SHADY
For the better part of the last century, particularly since the end of the second World War and...
Truth, Reconciliation, and the Death of Adriaan Vlok
A year after the end of Apartheid, Nelson Mandela’s Government of National Unity launched the South African Truth and Reconciliation Process (TRC) under the...
Propaganda and Trauma
Geoff was on the 106th Floor of the World Trade Centre’s north tower. The attacks on America of September 11th 2001 were viewed in real-time by...