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/ WHERE TO FIND US Website: notconformedshow.com Email: [email protected] RSS Feed: (NEW! SimpleCast 2.0) https://feeds.simplecast.com/Q7v05iI6