The New Propaganda
Once a cottage industry, influence efforts have become an interconnected economy of persuasion, puffery, and downright lies. What are the new weapons in the propaganda arsenal? How is data being used to target individuals and populations? Who’s responsible for misleading us? And do any of these campaigns actually work?
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BULLDOZEDThe Covid-19 pandemic is casting Tanzania’s Magufuli in the worst light, in an election yearQuartz Africa • May 14, 2020
BLAME GAMEFalling for China’s fake Covid-19 news was a dangerous and preventable mistakeQuartz • April 30, 2020
FIGHTING WORDSDemocrats and Republicans use vastly different language to discuss Covid-19Quartz • April 27, 2020
DIGITAL DNAPolitical campaigns use personal data to decode voters’ opinionsQuartz • April 23, 2020
GO FORTH AND PROPAGAREA brief and Catholic history of one of the 21st century’s favorite words: propagandaQuartz • April 17, 2020
THE CANDYMANCalifornia medspa doctor charged with fraud after claiming hydroxychloroquine “cures” Covid-19Quartz • April 16, 2020
THE FALSEST FLAGNew evidence emerges linking Civil War reenactor to fake Antifa threatsQuartz • April 16, 2020
GRAY AREA LADYA well-heeled liberal group is filling the local news void with Trump-bashing coronavirus adsQuartz • April 15, 2020
INFLUENCERS WANTEDHave you been asked to promote questionable coronavirus claims?Quartz • April 2, 2020
COUNT YOUR BLESSING$$Cash App scammers are using coronavirus to exploit peopleQuartz • March 31, 2020