Three kinds of propaganda, and what to do about them
(World News Russia)

Jonathan Stray summarizes three different strains of propaganda, analyzing why they work, and suggesting counter-tactics: in Russia, it`s about flooding the channel with a mix of lies and truth, crowding out other stories; in China, it`s about suffocating arguments with happy-talk distractions, and for trolls like Milo Yiannopoulos, it`s weaponizing hate, outraging people so they spread your message to the small, diffused minority of broken people who welcome your message and would otherwise be uneconomical to reach. (more…) ......