Propaganda Universe
Propaganda has become the dominant form of public discourse in the information age. Propaganda Universe is dedicated to helping citizens, journalists, scholars, and policy-makers understand the nature of propaganda, disinformation, and information warfare in order to identify and resist manipulative communication. Preserving our ability to think independently, both as individuals and as a society, is crucial to being able to decide what is in our own best interests and not those of others.
Episodes
In Part II of a two-part series on totalitarian propaganda, we explore who is susceptible to this type of propaganda and how it poses a threat to democracy.
We delve into a discussion of who is susceptible to totalitarian propaganda through the perspectives of prominent thinkers. Drawing from the works of Vaclav Havel, Hannah Arendt, Aldous Huxley, and Joost Meerloo, we explore the psychological and social d...
In this episode of Propaganda Universe, we delve into the world of totalitarian propaganda and its challenge to democratic systems.
Join us as we explore the function and role of propaganda in totalitarian movements. We examine the relationship between power, propaganda, and totalitarianism, the aims of totalitarian propaganda, and some of its techniques.
Drawing on the keen insights from leading s...
In this episode, we discuss the relationship between the control of information and propaganda. Propaganda and the control of information are two sides of the same coin as where you find one, you'll find the other. To understand how this works, please join me in...The Propaganda Universe!!
This is part two of a two-part series on propaganda as the critical paradigm for understanding propaganda. In this episode, we present a formal theory of propaganda.
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This is part one of a two part series on propaganda as the critical paradigm for understanding propaganda and proposing a formal theory for propaganda. In this episode, we discuss the absence of a framework for understanding propaganda and why it is important to have one. Pt. II of this series will propose a formal theory.
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In previous episodes of Propaganda Universe, we've discussed the difficulty in defining propaganda and why it is a perplexing paradigm. Because of this "definitional fog", propaganda remains a vague concept that is used in whatever ways that suits the user of the term. This is a cause for confusion as to what propaganda is, which complicates its study and prevents us from having a full comprehension of ...
When we think of power, it is usually in terms of some type of force or coercion being applied by one actor on another. However, power is better understood as a set of relations that exist between different actors where one actor has a greater capacity to influence another. The source of the relationship varies depending on the social context. In this episode, we explore how the capacity to influence in creating power...
A much maligned term, the notion of what we mean by propaganda has been obscured by its various interpretations to the extent that it has become a floating signifier to mean whatever a user wants it to be. Most often, it is used to cast an opponent's communication in a negative frame. In this episode, we explore the historical meaning of the term propaganda. Really.
In this video, we discuss the historical difficulty in defining what propaganda is. This difficulty prevents us from understanding how it functions and how we should respond to it.
This is the introductory Podcast for Propaganda Universe. It explains the mission of the universe, who the host is, and discusses some basic themes of the channel.
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