Munitions of the Mind: a History of Propaganda from the Ancient World to the Present Day

Simpson, Pat

doi:10.1093/jdh/epi041

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“…Over the past two decades, scholars have produced a comprehensive body of literature dealing with these two themes. Much of what Seib writes here restates prevailing arguments with respect to the tensions which exist between the media and the military (see, for instance, Carruthers, 2011;Knightley, 2004;Parry and Goddard, 2017;Taylor, 2003).…”

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Tasseron

2023

Journalism

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2023

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“…It is even being suggested that propaganda had its roots 2,400 years ago in 'The Art of War' by Sun-tzu (Knightley, 2004). There is however some uniformity amongst some propaganda scholars in terms of its organised and scientific usage during World War 1 where enemy opinion-forming activities were referred to as propaganda and full of lies (Knightley, 2004, Walton 1997, Taylor, 2003. Walton (1997) presumes that the term propaganda did not connote negativity by (one of its early inventers), the Catholic Church.…”

Section: Propaganda and The Mediamentioning

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“…Walton (1997) presumes that the term propaganda did not connote negativity by (one of its early inventers), the Catholic Church. However, propaganda has with time been associated with negativity because of its historical function of fuelling fear, hypocrisy and ignorance (Taylor, 2003). Jowett and O'Donnell (2012) argue that propaganda is a communication that attempts to achieve a response to further the preferred intention of the sender of the message.…”

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“…The military has made heavy use of propaganda against the media throughout bloody wars and conflicts like World Wars I & II, the Vietnam War in the mid-50s, and the Gulf Wars of 1991 and 2003 as attested to by scholars, including (Hallin 1989, Carruthers 1996, Carruthers & Stewart, 1996, Taylor, 2003, Knightley 2004, Hammond 2007and Simpson 2015. In the on-going war in Ukraine, the Council of the European Union claims that the Russian government and its military have been applying methodical manipulation and disinformation as an operational instrument in its assault on Ukraine (2022).…”

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Military Propaganda and Disinformation: How Issah Mobila’s Murder was Spun in the Media

Sayibu

2023

JCOMM

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Purpose: The study investigates the use of propaganda in the media by Ghana’s military in the media coverage of the murder of Issah Mobila in military custody in Ghana’s northern town of Tamale. Mobila was murdered in 2004 by the military after his arrest by the civil police with an allegation of possession of arms that he intended to use to cause post-election violence in Tamale. Even though the military earlier denied the murder, an autopsy report confirmed that the deceased was murdered in military custody. A military inquiry report indicted some seven soldiers, two of whom were later jailed by a Fast Track High Court in Accra. Methodology: The study employed qualitative research design to generate data through interviews. Internet sources and published works on military brutalities of civilians in Africa were also used. Local media coverage of the event was extensive and radio phone-in programmes witnessed condemnation and anger from the people regarding the manner Mobila was tortured and killed in military custody. Findings: The study found that the military command in Tamale deployed propaganda techniques in order to evade responsibility for the death of Mobila in its custody. It also found that local media coverage of the event was biased and did not conform with the tenets of objectivity. Unique Contribution to Theory, Policy and Practice: The study which is the first on propaganda and military murder of a civilian in military custody in Ghana recommended the training of journalists in detecting propaganda frames in reporting so as to obviate biased reportage in conflict situations.

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“…Parting from the perspective of one-way communication (Web 1.0) and becoming interactive (Web 2.0) it enabled two-way communication [8], often based on the reciprocity rule and enabled building a competitive advantage in the context of electronic communication with the use of social media [35]. With such potential to impact the audience and spread across the mainstream media scene, social media became a powerful weapon not only for info-wars [36], but also to promote the causes and consequently trigger social changes [37].…”

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Social media & uprisings: The case of the Egyptian revolution in 2011

Fakhry¹,

Tarabasz²,

Selaković³

2023

MATEC Web Conf.

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The present exploratory study adopts the case of the 2011 Egyptian Uprising, as it is particularly illustrative of the climacteric impact of technology on past social and societal conflicts. The latter will be achieved through a systematic review of literature which examines the different ways through which social media was used, as well as the impact it had on facilitating social change with regards to the Egyptian Revolution. The research problem aims to examine the different ways through which social media was used during the Egyptian Uprising, as well as the impact it had on facilitating social change. It caters to a discovery-oriented decision problem and focuses on revealing how social media influences social change while shedding light particularly on the 2011 Egyptian Revolution and the implications social media carried towards it. The conducted exploratory study adequately demonstrates that social media is found to have an undeniable influence on social change, especially as it has been adopted across various phases of the uprising, including its utilization for the initial formation of communities, as well as for promoting the collective movement. Findings of this study will be of great value to future academic studies, as it serves to depict social media as a mechanism of information dissemination in the Arab and/or non-Arab world, whilst correlating to the varied utilities of social media during times of crises and the impact it had on facilitating social change.

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Munitions of the Mind: a History of Propaganda from the Ancient World to the Present Day

Cited by 11 publications

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Book review: Philip Seib information at war

Book review: Philip Seib information at war

Military Propaganda and Disinformation: How Issah Mobila’s Murder was Spun in the Media

Social media & uprisings: The case of the Egyptian revolution in 2011

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