Munitions of the Mind

Taylor, Philip M.

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“…All of the nations that fought in World War II used strong propaganda as part of their means of doing battle (Taylor, 2003). British propaganda against the Nazis used some of the same themes used in World War I, such as the Nazis being ruthless and hateful "Huns."…”

Section: Historical Backgroundmentioning

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Toward a Model of Strategic Influence, International Broadcasting, and Global Engagement

Hacker

Mendez

2016

MaC

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This article explores how strategic communication, public diplomacy, international governmental broadcasting, and social media networking can be brought together in a system of strategic influence and global engagement. The analysis offers a contrasting approach to various views of public diplomacy or strategic communication which privilege one form of governmental influence over others and treat partial aspects of national persuasion as complete pictures of government communication aimed at foreign audiences. Because so much of public diplomacy literature today emphasizes social media, it is necessary to determine how specific tools of influence such as international broadcasting, can be used in ways that fit new thinking in public diplomacy as well as continuously emerging new media ecologies.

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Section: Historical Backgroundmentioning

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Toward a Model of Strategic Influence, International Broadcasting, and Global Engagement

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Mendez

2016

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“…As Taylor points out, establishing just cause is one of the central goals of propaganda because it is vital to claim moral superiority over enemies. 78 And the most effective way of claiming just cause is by demonstrating that a war is being waged defensively against an enemy that is acting aggressively and that refuses to abide by moral and legal restrictions on the conduct of war. 79 This invokes the right of individual and national self-defence against aggression that is affirmed by just war theory and international humanitarian law.…”

Section: Establishing Just Causementioning

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War by other means: Mobile gaming and the 2014 Israel-Gaza Conflict

Schulzke¹

2015

Rev. Int. Stud.

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The 2014 Israel-Gaza Conflict inspired the creation of over a dozen games for mobile phones and tablets. These games, which allowed players to Bomb Gaza City, operate the Iron Dome missile defence system, and direct rockets into Israeli settlements, marked an important shift in the mediatisation of war in three ways. First, whereas propaganda is frequently described as a top-down process by which elites influence mass audiences, the mobile war games about Gaza were created by non-elite indie game developers, thereby illustrating these games’ capacities for allowing new actors to participate in ideological contestation. Second, the games were not simply reflections on the conflict, but part of it. They were released while the fighting was in progress and helped to constitute the ideological battleground. Finally, the games reproduced established propaganda techniques in distinctive ways that were shaped by the mobile gaming medium.

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“…Governments involved in World War II utilized propaganda to influence foreign opinions, with British broadcasting (e.g. the BBC World Service) holding particularly significant sway over European and American public opinions (Taylor, 2003). Arguably, British propaganda efforts were critical for propelling the US to enter into both world wars (Cull, 1996).…”

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Conceptualizing radicalization in a market for loyalties

Powers

2014

Media, War & Conflict

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The purpose of this analysis is to locate radicalization -the process of developing extremist ideologies and beliefs -in the broader context of strategic actors (e.g. states) competing for legitimacy in transnational public spheres. Radicalization is distinct from both terrorism and violent extremism, though it is often a precursor to the use of terrorist tactics and can be critical for creating broad support for extremist movements and behaviors. The primary concern here is not terrorism per se, but rather how strategic actors compete to radicalize communities against the established organs and apparatuses of a given society. Borrowing from Price's (1994) model of the market for loyalties, the author proposes that radicalization is best understood as within the context of the nation-state system, shaped by the existence of unsanctioned, typically foreign information flows. Governments are increasingly intervening into this space, both to shore up loyalty among their domestic citizenry and to engage foreign citizens in ways that weaken their allegiances to their own governments. Emerging media technologies provide new structures for ideological transfer, enabling states and non-state actors to compete for influence in a more balanced, transnational, ideational playing field. The stakes are significant, of course, with citizens clamoring for more transparent, fair and efficacious governance and increasingly threatening the legitimacy of states around the world.The purpose of this analysis is to locate radicalization -the process of developing extremist ideologies and beliefs -in the broader context of strategic actors (e.g. states)

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Munitions of the Mind

Cited by 30 publications

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Toward a Model of Strategic Influence, International Broadcasting, and Global Engagement

Toward a Model of Strategic Influence, International Broadcasting, and Global Engagement

War by other means: Mobile gaming and the 2014 Israel-Gaza Conflict

Conceptualizing radicalization in a market for loyalties

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