The Peril of Persuasion in the Big Tech Age
Persuasion is essential to society and democracy, but we need new rules governing how companies…
Author Alicia Wanless
Alicia Wanless
La Generalista is the online identity of Alicia Wanless – a researcher and practitioner of strategic communications for social change in a Digital Age. Alicia researches how we shape — and are shaped — by a changing information space. With more than a decade of experience in researching and analysing the information environment, focusing on propaganda and information warfare, Alicia conducts content and network analysis, and has developed original models for identifying and analysing digital propaganda campaigns. Alicia is currently a PhD Researcher at King’s College exploring alternative frameworks for understanding the information environment.
Unmasking the Truth: Public Health Experts, the Coronavirus, and the Raucous Marketplace of Ideas
As the world continues to weather the coronavirus pandemic, reliable information from public health experts…
The Philippines Is Democracy’s Dystopian Future
A Philippine American journalist has been convicted of “cyber libel.” The troubling case should ring…
The Challenges of Countering Influence Operations
Social media companies are better positioned than governments to meet the enforcement challenges posed by…
The Coronavirus Is a Boon for Global Propagandists
There’s no time like a crisis for propaganda, so it is no surprise that states and other influence operators are seizing the new coronavirus outbreak to better position themselves at home and abroad.
Warren Has a Plan for Disinformation—What About Everyone Else?
Democracy derives legitimacy from the ability of citizens to make informed and free decisions, particularly during elections, so the public should expect more from candidates vying for the country’s top job.
The Audience is the Amplifier
Propaganda is changing in a Digital Age. What once was a top-down effort to the…
How Do You Define a Problem Like Influence?
Myriad actors attempt to shape the information environment for specific aims. The capabilities enabled through…
The Changing Nature of Propaganda
Information has always been used in conflict to sway opponents and mobilise supporters. In recent…
Armed with Ethics: Communicating in an Information Age
This piece draws from a talk delivered at the Canadian Public Relations Society’s annual conference…