Propaganda 2.1: Understanding Propaganda in the Digital Age Peter K. Fallon

Propaganda 2.1: Understanding Propaganda in the Digital Age

Author: Peter K. Fallon
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Book Title
Propaganda 2.1: Understanding Propaganda in the Digital Age
Author
Peter K. Fallon
ISBN
9781666723748
Since the US presidential election of 2016 the words propaganda and fake news have been prominent in American political and cultural discourse. Yet very few people can provide a coherent explanation of what they mean, precisely, when using them. On the two sides of the political spectrum (red and blue), each points out messages from the other side that they think are untrue--or that they simply don't like. Unlike our dangerously biased political system, however, reality has more than only two sides. For decades, Americans sat by while their mediated world was carved into a single red reality focused in necessary opposition to a single blue reality. We've been given red media outlets and blue media outlets to stoke our collective rage, each against the other's lies. But the first two decades of the twenty-first century have presented us with a new information environment, one of unregulated and seemingly uncontrollable information. Like the young boy in a popular folktale, we can now see--if only we can resist the pressures of social conformity--that both emperors, red and blue, strut proudly before us, naked. Propaganda 2.1 is a handbook for seeing reality clearly--and coping with it.Binding Type: HardcoverAuthor: Peter K. FallonPublisher: Cascade BooksPublished: 09/08/2022ISBN: 9781666723748Pages: 214Weight: 1.08lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d
Since the US presidential election of 2016 the words propaganda and fake news have been prominent in American political and cultural discourse. Yet very few people can provide a coherent explanation of what they mean, precisely, when using them. On the two sides of the political spectrum (red and blue), each points out messages from the other side that they think are untrue--or that they simply don't like. Unlike our dangerously biased political system, however, reality has more than only two sides. For decades, Americans sat by while their mediated world was carved into a single red reality focused in necessary opposition to a single blue reality. We've been given red media outlets and blue media outlets to stoke our collective rage, each against the other's lies. But the first two decades of the twenty-first century have presented us with a new information environment, one of unregulated and seemingly uncontrollable information. Like the young boy in a popular folktale, we can now see--if only we can resist the pressures of social conformity--that both emperors, red and blue, strut proudly before us, naked. Propaganda 2.1 is a handbook for seeing reality clearly--and coping with it.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Peter K. Fallon
Publisher: Cascade Books
Published: 09/08/2022
ISBN: 9781666723748
Pages: 214
Weight: 1.08lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d
Since the US presidential election of 2016 the words propaganda and fake news have been prominent in American political and cultural discourse. Yet very few people can provide a coherent explanation of what they mean, precisely, when using them. On the two sides of the political spectrum (red and blue), each points out messages from the other side that they think are untrue--or that they simply don't like. Unlike our dangerously biased political system, however, reality has more than only two sides. For decades, Americans sat by while their mediated world was carved into a single red reality focused in necessary opposition to a single blue reality. We've been given red media outlets and blue media outlets to stoke our collective rage, each against the other's lies. But the first two decades of the twenty-first century have presented us with a new information environment, one of unregulated and seemingly uncontrollable information. Like the young boy in a popular folktale, we can now see--if only we can resist the pressures of social conformity--that both emperors, red and blue, strut proudly before us, naked. Propaganda 2.1 is a handbook for seeing reality clearly--and coping with it.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Peter K. Fallon
Publisher: Cascade Books
Published: 09/08/2022
ISBN: 9781666723748
Pages: 214
Weight: 1.08lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d