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It looks like we're going to get a massive test of largely misinformation (US) vs. largely censorship (China) writ large in the coming decades. Place your bets

• dredmorbius 5y ago
  From my understanding, China's model of media control focuses more on dillution and distraction than on overt censorship. Both exist. But the larger effort is put into distraction. The recent Russian model is more on bullshit and subverting notions of trust entirely. American propaganda seems largely based on a) what sells and b) promoting platitudes, wishful thinking, and c) (at least historically) heart-warming (rather than overtly divisive) notions of nationalism. The c) case is now trending more toward divisive and heat-worming.
  • unityByFreedom 5y ago
    > Both exist. Yes, censorship and propaganda go hand in hand. In 1922 Walter Lippmann wrote in his seminal work, Public Opinion, > Without some form of censorship, propaganda in the strict sense of the word is impossible. In order to conduct a propaganda there must be some barrier between the public and the event. [1] [2] [1] https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/6456/pg6456.html https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/6456/pg6456.html [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Opinion_(book)#News_and_truth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Opinion_(book)#News_and...
    • dredmorbius 5y ago
      Right. Both are also tied inherently to monopoly, along with surveillance and both general and targeted manipulation. https://joindiaspora.com/posts/7bfcf170eefc013863fa002590d8e506 https://joindiaspora.com/posts/7bfcf170eefc013863fa002590d8e... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24771470 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24771470