Misinformation Meme Assignment
In the late 1990s, Andrew Wakefield published a study claiming that the MMR vaccine causes autism. His study quickly gained traction among politicians and parents …
WWII Misinformation meme- Crossing the Atlantic
https://imgflip.com/gif/7fa6dj The meme refers to the various intelligence campaigns by the Allied powers under the umbrella of “Operation Fortitude”. Operation Fortitude was a campaign of deception designed to spread German and Axis forces across the Atlantic so that the real invasions could be supported. Calais was one such sight, which made the Germans move troops …
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Misinformation Meme
North Korea is known for misinforming their citizens. They are even doing it in the sports field. According to the country they have both won […]
Technology in War & Rise of the Internet
Technology in War I thought this week’s discussion about technology in war was engaging and fascinating. I work for a defense contracting company that deals with supplying new defense technology to various clients, so it was interesting to learn more about different military tech like GPS, stealth planes, and night […]
Blog #8- 3/16/23
Technology in War Although I missed class this week, I still made sure to keep up with the course content. After last week’s assignment of creating a propaganda campaign, it was nice to take a break from assignments for this week. I did thoroughly enjoy making my anti-cookie scouts posters though, and seeing everyone’s presentation […]
Blog #8- 3/16/23
Technology in War Although I missed class this week, I still made sure to keep up with the course content. After last week’s assignment of creating a propaganda campaign, it was nice to take a break from assignments for this week. I did thoroughly enjoy making my anti-cookie scouts posters though, and seeing everyone’s presentation […]
Propaganda Website Project
This week working on the website propaganda project really highlighted the different ways propaganda can be used to influence people. Propaganda is manipulative, sometimes in a harmful way and sometimes not, or at least not intended to manipulate for harm. This is kind of a gray area then it seems when propaganda is used for …
War and Technology
Today, it was very interesting to learn about the ways technology and war were shape by each other. The analysis of how technology benefitted or […]
Advertising & Propaganda
I thoroughly enjoyed our discussion about the discrepancies between advertising and propaganda. One stark takeaway for me from this discussion was about the intent behind both propaganda and advertising. We concluded in class that advertising has a much more positive connotation than propaganda, but both can still be made with […]
Advertising and Propaganda
Thinking about the differences between advertising and Propaganda this week was really interesting. There are some similarities but one of the key differences that we talked about was where the information comes from. Propaganda tending to come from the government and advertising tending to be associated with corporations. The effectiveness of propaganda seems to be …