Carnage and Connectivity
Carnage and Connectivity: Landmarks in the Decline of Conventional Military Power by Dr. David Betz is…
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. As the Director of Strategic Communications at The SecDev Foundation, Alicia develops campaigns and strategies for engaging beneficiaries in outreach and behavioural change. Her work includes developing a training program that deals with verifying information and the spread of content online, and has supported projects in the Middle East, Vietnam and the post-Soviet space.
Propaganda, Power and Persuasion: From World War I to Wikileaks
Most of the propaganda books I have read to date have been by a single…
Post-Truth: The New War on Truth and How to Fight Back
Post-Truth: The New War on Truth and How to Fight Back by Matthew D’Ancona is…
Polarising Politics in Canada: A Facebook Study
Anyone interested in Canadian politics should keep an eye on Facebook. While the 2019 federal…
Anti-Establishment Blues: 2017 U.K. Election
Anti-establishment views these days seem to be a bit like a common cold – one…
Participatory Propaganda in 7 Simple Steps
Propaganda is changing in a Digital Age. Audiences are no longer passive consumers of persuasive…
Why Does Participatory Propaganda Matter?
In 2014, the World Economic Forum listed “the spread of misinformation online” as one of…
Participatory Propaganda: A Populist Secret?
One type of political communication seems to be particularly well suited to participatory propaganda -…
Develop a Firewall For Your Mind
Where does all this manipulation leave you, Dear Reader? Like it or not, your mind…
What is Propaganda?
That’s a good question. Most people don’t really know. In fact, many academics are still…