Conceptualising Propaganda: A short video and a long academic paper
From 2014 onwards I became increasingly interested in the role of propaganda and, working with Professors
, Eric Herring and Vian Bakir, developed a new conceptual approach to understanding what propaganda is and how it works. This short video from 2015 offers some indications of where we were heading in theoretical terms:This paper, published in 2019 and which is free to access, provides a full conceptualisation of propaganda and distinguishes between consensual forms of persuasion and non-consensual forms which, we argue, are correctly described as propaganda.
When I have time, I will draft a short version of this paper and make it widely available.
Excellent!
Videos from respected sources tend to get placed in my “Must watch” todo list: it’s getting depressingly long. This was viewed immediately because it was described as short. It is an excellent vid and would almost certainly increase the likelihood of reading an accompanying long article. It is an innovative use of Substack which I hope you will explore further.