Episode 3: Propaganda, Media and War

We begin this episode with a discussion of Lara Logan's comments about media bias and how the media have essentially become propagandists. We then continue with a description of various war-time propaganda techniques, providing examples of the implementation of such techniques in recent wars (and in politics). Finally, the episode includes a discussion of the role of intellectuals in The Great War and the lasting consequences of WWI propaganda.

Bibliography:

Bernays, E. (1928/2005). Propaganda. Ig Publishing, NY.

Ellul, J. (1965/1973). Propaganda: The Formation of Men's Attitudes. Vintage Books.

Lasswell, H.D. (1927/1938/2013). Propaganda Technique In The World War. Martino Publishing, CT.

Ponsonby, A. (1929). Falsehood in War-time. PDF available online: http://www.vlib.us/wwi/resources/archives/texts/t050824i/ponsonby.pdf

Chomsky, N. (1991/2002). Media Control: The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda. Seven Stories Press, NY.

YouTube: Lecture by Prof. Piers Robinson

Links related to the Lara Logan interview:

Mediaite.com: Ex-CBS Star Lara Logan Calls Media ‘Mostly Liberal’ in Scorched Earth Interview: I’m Committing ‘Professional Suicide’
Big League Politics: CBS Reporter Calls Mainstream Press ‘Political Activists,’ ‘Propagandists’
Mediaite.com: Lara Logan to Hannity: I’m Being ‘Targeted’ For Saying the Media is ‘Mostly Liberal’
YouTube: Lara Logan doubles down on media bias claims on 'Hannity'
YouTube: Lara Logan Mike Drop Clip (Media Bias)
YouTube: Lara Logan full comments on left leaning media & "Professional Suicide"

Bias in Psychology:

Redding, R. E. (2001). Sociopolitical diversity in psychology: The case for pluralism. American Psychologist, 56(3), 205.

Inbar, Y., & Lammers, J. (2012). Political diversity in social and personality psychology. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 7(5), 496-503.

Redding, R. E. (2012). Likes attract: The sociopolitical groupthink of (social) psychologists. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 7(5), 512-515.

Articles on Faked Photographs and Videos:

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-air-force/2018/07/19/ever-heard-of-deep-fake-technology-the-phony-audio-and-video-tech-could-be-used-to-blackmail-us-troops/
https://thispersondoesnotexist.com
https://www.dailydot.com/debug/website-generate-fake-faces-ai/
https://thenextweb.com/artificial-intelligence/2019/02/13/thispersondoesnotexist-com-is-face-generating-ai-at-its-creepiest/
https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2019/2/15/18226005/ai-generated-fake-people-portraits-thispersondoesnotexist-stylegan
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-27/fake-news-part-one/10308638

Trump is made to look more orange:

https://nationalpost.com/news/world/a-seattle-tv-station-aired-doctored-footage-of-trumps-oval-office-speech-the-employee-has-been-fired
https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/tv/trump-tongue-trick-lands-seattle-tv-station-q13-fox-in-hot-water/
https://www.rt.com/usa/448500-trump-fake-video-speech/

Trump feeds fish:

https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/358983-media-shows-why-its-so-mistrusted-after-falsified-trump-fish-feeding

Trump didn't ignore disabled boy:

https://www.factcheck.org/2017/08/trump-didnt-ignore-disabled-child/

MAGA hat kids:

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/covington-students-lawyer-nathan-phillips-will-be-sued-first-round-of-lawsu
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/breaking-nick-sandmann-files-250-million-lawsuit-against-washington-post

Film propaganda:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxgpEUL23AY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3t_Gwo3M-uc

The role of intellectuals in WWI:

Matt Taibbi interview:

YouTube: Noam Chomsky's Manufacturing Consent revisited | The Listening Post
Nick Milne article:

http://ww1centenary.oucs.ox.ac.uk/unconventionalsoldiers/propaganda-the-authors-declaration/

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