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And, before that, the Lusitania was sunk, unprovoked, by the Germans. And, before that, the Maine was sunk, unprovoked, by the Spanish. "Media" is a tactic.
by recursivedoubts 6y ago
And, before that, the Lusitania was sunk, unprovoked, by the Germans.
And, before that, the Maine was sunk, unprovoked, by the Spanish.
"Media" is a tactic.
- 082349872349872 6y agoI don't have any sources from the time of Hearst, but I have read ad men in the 1920's say they produced war propaganda in the 19-teens by moving social clique by social clique, triangulating to make a message seem ubiquitous to the targets. While reading the account, I could only imagine what they might have accomplished with (a) an explicit social graph, and (b) better-than-mimeograph spamming rates.
- recursivedoubts 6y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mockingbird https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mockingbird Any educated person who takes the media at face value is being wilfully obtuse at this point. We simply know too much.
- 082349872349872 6y agoI've been using Dr. Linebarger's approach (mnemonic "STASM") for propaganda analysis[1]. As he also worked generating the stuff, he speaks from experience. It's mid-twentieth century, but although the underlying media may change, the messages[2] don't seem to. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23858477 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23858477 "If you agree with it, it's truth. If you don't agree, it's propaganda. Pretend that it is all propaganda. See what happens on your analysis reports." https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23897577 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23897577 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24208047 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24208047 or https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24696859 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24696859