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Tag: Media Manipulation

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A 4-step course in social media self-defense

by Justin Podur September 26, 2019February 18, 2020

Human nature – how we exist, how we live our lives – is at risk. That’s the premise of Shoshana Zuboff’s book The Age of Surveillance Capitalism. Zuboff believes the tech giants have created a new form of capitalism. The surveillance capitalist “wants your bloodstream and your bed, your breakfast conversation, your commute, your run, […]

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei made a key appointment on Sunday. Photo: Handout via Reutersdelivers a speech in a meeting with military commanders in Tehran, Iran, February 7, 2017. Leader.ir/Handout via REUTERS
Posted inChina, France, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

Tehran the master of fake news in Mideast

by Hussain Abdul-Hussain January 4, 2019
An Apple iPad monitor in Istanbul displays the logos of well-known world brands. Photo: iStock
Posted inAfghanistan, Iran, Middle East, South Asia, Syria, World

Masses manipulated by manufactured consent and desires

by Imad Zafar October 19, 2018
Chinese commanders of the People's Liberation Army Navy direct J-15 fighter jets to take off from China's aircraft carrier, The Liaoning, during a naval exercise in the South China Sea, April 20, 2018. Photo: AFP Forum
Posted inAT Finance, Australia, Beijing, Bhutan, China, France, India, Myanmar, New Zealand, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, South Asia, South Korea, Thailand, United Kingdom, Vietnam, World

China’s ‘political warfare’ aims at South China Sea

by Kerry K Gershaneck July 3, 2018February 18, 2020

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