BSSn4460: DISINFORMATION AND PROPAGANDA

Fall 2021


Key concepts for exam study


Fake news

Disinformation

Misinformation

Malinformation

Floating signifier

Framing

Priming

Agenda setting

Online propaganda

Seven propaganda devices

State propaganda

Terrorist propaganda

International propaganda

Native advertising

Journalist ethics

Troll farms

Bots

Astroturfing

Platform filtering

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