Labour market myth busting
As we all slouch back towards work in the new year, a hardy perennial has been dominating the business pages and the Bosses’ Bible, the Australian Financial Review. Spurred on, this time, by the release of 1980 Cabinet papers (resources [...]
Upload your election leaflets!
The other day I wrote a post asking people to describe election leaflets they’re receiving. These are important indicators of what’s going on, because they distil the messages the campaigns want to send to voters, and they’re often tweaked to [...]
Open election leaflet and propaganda thread
I noted in my last post that television (particularly commercial tv) is the single most influential source of information for voters during election campaigns. Direct communication by political parties is also important, tending to trump the febrile discourse of the [...]
Eyeless in Gaza V: Propaganda 2.0
The Guardian reports that the Israeli Foreign Ministry is encouraging people to reproduce their spin on news websites and blogs, and providing talking points for “volunteers”. Elsewhere: Lyn Calcutt at Public Opinion. Update: Thread continues here.
Republicans have hijacked 9/11 remembrance and re-branded it as 9/11TM
An American tragedy made into a political commodity: top political commentator Keith Olbermann is distinctly unimpressed at the cynicism of the invocation of 9/11 at the Republican National Convention. 9/11 (TM) has made possible the greatest sleight-of-hand in our nation’s [...]
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