Tag: Politics
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Own The Libs: Politics is the New Personality (Free Excerpt)
Trading personality for politics: What do we stand to lose? Memes. Mortifying merch. Malignant monopolies on policy and ideology. These are some of the most salient features of modern political discourse. Over the last decade, we have witnessed an equally fascinating and worrying shift in how people like you and…
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Partial information is bad communication: When initiatives meant to develop communities do the exact opposite
Partial information creates false assumptions. In an environment where consumers believe all cards are on the table when they’re not, information initiatives can introduce chaos and create more problems that they solve.
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Probability versus certainty: A scientific look at communication theory
When we think of the sciences, especially the “hard” ones, everything seems exact and absolute. The speed of light is a constant in the universe that limits the velocity of everything within it. The earth’s gravity is a cool 9.81 m/s2. The value of pi is 22/7. For centuries, this…
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Terrorism as an expression of conflict; communication as a form of terrorism
A look at communication and terrorism, and how each concept is used to leverage the other.
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The media’s role in the global cancer of right-wing populism
The US, for generations a beacon of democracy and capitalism, has disseminated its ideologies globally through force and cultural export. However, its recent socio-political instability, driven by resurgent populism and divisive rhetoric, raises concerns about global repercussions. The media’s role in amplifying this caustic content has not only spurred domestic…
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Communication for international security: A double-edged sword
A tug of war between weaponized disinformation and meaningful dialogue
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