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To paraphrase the green box from the post: Distinctive Features of Contemporary Propaganda 1. High-volume and multichannel 2. Rapid, continuous,
by stcredzero 10y ago
To paraphrase the green box from the post:
Distinctive Features of Contemporary Propaganda
1. High-volume and multichannel
2. Rapid, continuous, and repetitive
3. Lacks commitment to objective reality
4. Lacks commitment to consistency
This just strikes me as modern. It's not only Russia that does this. There are online movements that use the exact same technique.
- rakoo 10y agoThis doesn't strike me as modern. I don't see what is in there that doesn't already exist in partisan news broadcasts.
- stcredzero 10y agoIt builds on earlier propaganda techniques, of course, in much the same way that web design builds on typography. What makes it modern, is the "social" element and the even more multifarious "multichannel."