BSSn4460: DISINFORMATION AND PROPAGANDA

Fall 2023


Key concepts for exam study


Lying in politics

Fake news

Disinformation

Misinformation

Floating signifier

Framing

Online propaganda

Propaganda devices

State propaganda

Terrorist propaganda

International propaganda

Journalist ethics

Troll farms

Bots

Astroturfing

Platform filtering

Instant activism

Disinformation and free speech

Cyber mobs

Online extremism

Hoax

Conspiracy

Conspiracy theory

Conspiracy theorist

Ethics of propaganda

Disinformation as threat to self-determination

Feasibility of disinformation counter-measures

Ethics of disinformation counter-measures

Media credibility