July 2018 – Page 2 – Social Panic

Climate communications Update: Polar bears, social media, and how our emotional response may have helped a PR stunt

July 28, 2018 Edward MS

Update: National Geographic has retracted the claims made about a widely viewed photo of a starving polar bear. The photos and video were seen by an estimated 2.5 billion people and purported to show the effects of climate change. Nat Geo has retracted the claim and the photographer admits they were seeking a photo to be used for propaganda messaging. Details are in our now updated original post: Polar bears, social media, and how our emotional response may have helped…

How legislators use propaganda methods to pass new laws

July 27, 2018 Edward MS

How propaganda techniques are used to promote legislation. In this case, a specific individual is highlighted to emotionally hook others into supporting the bill. Arguments for the first law were shaped by referring to it as “Max’s Law” to connect it to a specific individual. Arguments for the second law were shaped by referring to it as “Jenna’s Law”. The key technique is to personalize the topic to emotionally engage the target that needs persuading: legislators, and potentially lobbyists and…

Trillium Asset Management proposes firing Mark Zuckerberg as #Facebook Board of Directors Chair

July 26, 2018 Edward MS

In light of the largest market capitalization drop in history, shareholders are pushing to fire Mark Zuckerberg. Source: Facebook shareholders have new proposal to fire Mark Zuckerberg – Business Insider

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Practicing Factfulness on Propaganda, social media, censorship, media and privacy

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