Propaganda: from the sacred to the algorithmic The word itself is older than most people realise. Propaganda comes from the Latin propagare — to propagate, to spread. It entered formal use in 1622 when Pope Gregory XV established the Congregatio de Propaganda Fide (Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith), a Vatican body created to […]
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Billions of neurones are constantly making and pruning connections with other neurones in your brain. Acts of thinking and perception can be detected at the neuronal level as a complex movement electro-chemical signals. So it’ll come as no surprise that stories have a significant impact of the neurochemistry of our brain/mind/body complex. DARPA (Defence Advanced Research […]
Investigative journalist Sharyl Attkisson shows how astroturf, or fake grassroots movements funded by political, corporate, or other special interests very effectively manipulate and distort media messages. You’ll see the ‘net differently after you watch this. Views: 13
Art of Deception looks at persuasion/propaganda techniques used in documentaries – covers stories like #kony The Disney Lemmings jumping over a cliff story, the climate change stories among others. Views: 2