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"Propaganda Unveiled" is not just a book; it's a journey into the shadows of information manipulation. In this eye-opening exploration, we delve into the intricate world of propaganda techniques, lifting the veil on the strategies that shape public opinion and control narratives. From the subtle nuances of media manipulation to the psychology behind deceptive messaging, this book serves as a guide for readers seeking to decipher the hidden forces...
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In the early days of the pandemic, I knew that something was seriously wrong, but I couldn't put my finger on it. I kept thinking, "I've seen this before" and, "I know this." It took several months before I made the connection. This is industrial strength mind control. Once I realized that, the bulk of my anxiety vanished because, in a way, I knew what was going on and I was no longer afraid of it. I still didn't know where we were going, but I had...
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This anthology examines how activists have used media technology to effect social and political change from the 1940s to today.
In the 1940s, it was 16 mm film. In the 1980s, it was handheld video cameras. Today, it is cell phones and social media. Activists have always found ways to use the media du jour for quick and widespread distribution. InsUrgent Media from the Front looks at activist media practices in the twenty-first century and sheds light...
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Thieves, liars, killers, and conspirators-it's a criminal world out there, and someone has got to write about it. An eclectic collection of the year's best reportage, The Best American Crime Reporting 2007 brings together the murderers and muscle men, the masterminds, and the mysteries and missteps that make for brilliant stories, told by the aces of the true crime genre. This latest addition to the highly acclaimed series features guest editor Linda...
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This is a guidebook on world control and management, a program that Wells believed should be orchestrated (and would be successful) through what he called the "Open Conspiracy". This conspiracy is fully outlined in this work and is designed to be run by many separate organizations working together, as opposed to being run by just one group. Is this required reading for the world's most powerful people? Maybe it is. Or maybe it should be. Wells was...
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Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
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"For almost three decades, Fox News has not only made political careers (see: President Donald J. Trump) but also fundamentally altered the political landscape of the United States. It is a truism: as Fox goes, so goes the nation--into further divisiveness and awash in fake news, a gleefully polarizing company. But just as Fox has pushed America apart, now it too is coming apart. As is the family dynasty behind it. In his irresistible trilogy on the...
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Deciphering the Dance Between Politics and the Judiciary
Ever wondered how the intricate web of politics and the judiciary intertwines? In an era where headlines blaze with controversial political claims and counterclaims, it's challenging to discern the truth. "Politics on Trial: The Judiciary's Role in Sorting Truth from Fiction" takes you on a riveting journey through the legal landscape of political assertions, providing a clear lens to view...
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WHEN POLITICS CROSSES INTO MANIPULALTIONManipulation can be dangerous, but hard to understand.Many times we are driven to action, or towards a specific line of thought without even realizing it.And more than in other areas, this occurs in politics.How do politicians manipulate us? How do they twist facts, create panic, make us feel understood, among other techniques?This course will show you.Welcome to the only course that focuses on manipulation...
9) Microsoft is Trash: How the World's Richest Man Exposed False Propaganda of the World's Richest Comp
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Microsoft is the world's richest company, by market capitalization. It's estimated net worth as per its share price is above 3 trillion US Dollars. But is Microsoft really worth so much?You will discover the answer to that question is, not really. At best, Microsoft is only worth a small fraction of the publicly stated figure.The decade of Microsoft under Satya Nadella can best be described as The Lost Years when we look back at this time in the future....
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Originally titled The Red Decade: Stalinist Penetration of America, this work describes a period in American history in the 1930s characterized by a widespread infatuation with communism in general and Stalinism in particular. Lyons believed this idolization of Joseph Stalin and of Bolshevik achievements to have reached its high point in 1938, running deepest amongst liberals, intellectuals, and journalists and even some government and federal officials....
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A provocative and eye-opening study of the essential role the US military and the Central Intelligence Agency played in the advancement of communication studies during the Cold War era, now with a new introduction by Robert W. McChesney and a new preface by the author Since the mid-twentieth century, the great advances in our knowledge about the most effective methods of mass communication and persuasion have been visible in a wide range of professional...
12) For the Love of Vietnam: A War, a Family, a CIA Official, and the Best Evacuation Story Never Heard
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The civil war in Syria-which has claimed more than 600,000 lives and displaced over half of the country's population since 2011-is an enormously complex conflict. The combatants include a wide array of state and nonstate forces, both Syrian and international. Adding to the war's complexity, its many participants understand and explain the war in a range of different ways. For some, it is a fight for dignity and democracy; for others, a sectarian or...
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What are the stakes of cultural production in a time of war? How is artistic expression prone to manipulation by the state and international humanitarian organizations? In the charged political terrain of post-genocide Rwanda, post-civil war Uganda, and recent violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Laura Edmondson explores performance through the lens of empire.
Instead of celebrating theatre productions as expression of cultural agency and...
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In his nearly thirty years at CBS News, Emmy Award-winner Bernard Goldberg earned a reputation as one of the preeminent reporters in the television news business. When he looked at his own industry, however, he saw that the media far too often ignored their primary mission: objective, disinterested reporting. Again and again he saw that they slanted the news to the left.
For years Goldberg appealed to reporters, producers, and network executives...
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Examining the popular myths and unseen realities of welfare, this study reveals the political power of folklore and the possibilities of storytelling.
In 1976, Ronald Reagan hit the campaign trail with an extraordinary account of a woman committing massive welfare fraud. The story caught fire and a devastating symbol of the misuse government programs was born: the Welfare Queen.
Overthrowing the Queen examines these legends of fraud and abuse while...
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An examination of how the media is under fire and how to safeguard journalists and the information they seek to share with the public.
Journalists are being imprisoned and killed in record numbers. Online surveillance is annihilating privacy, and the Internet can be brought under government control at any time. Joel Simon, the executive director of the Committee to Protect Journalists, warns that we can no longer assume that our global information...
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What happens when a few conglomerates dominate all major aspects of mass media, from newspapers and magazines to radio and broadcast television? After all the hype about the democratizing power of the internet, is this new technology living up to its promise? Since the publication of this prescient work, which won Harvard's Goldsmith Book Prize and the Kappa Tau Alpha Research Award, the concentration of media power and the resultant "hypercommercialization...
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One of our greatest political minds "challenges us to think more independently and more deeply about the human consequences of power and privilege" (Norman Solomon, author of Made Love, Got War).
Renowned interviewer David Barsamian showcases his unique access to Chomsky's thinking on a number of topics of contemporary and historical import. Chomsky offers insights into the institutions that shape the public mind in the service of power and profit....
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