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Jul 2023
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70 | How Does Propaganda Work? w/ Dr. Me...

Lillian Cicerchia, Owen Glyn-Williams, Gil Morejón, and William Paris
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In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Megan Hyska to discuss her work on propaganda. She takes us through the history of the term propaganda, what makes propaganda a distinctly political concept, and how propaganda helps create or inhibit group agency. She shows why thinking that assumes propaganda can only work by manipulating our irrationality fails to hel ... Show More
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