TY - CONF

T1 - Misdirection as Propaganda

AU - Bakir, Vian

PY - 2014/11/10

Y1 - 2014/11/10

N2 - Coming out of a typology of Organised Persuasive Communication (under development with Eric Herring, David Miller and Piers Robinson) I present misdirection as an important, and frequently used, aspect of contemporary deceptive propaganda. I offer a definition of misdirection, and explain how it is different from other common forms of deceptive propaganda techniques. I explain the importance of misdirection, and illustrate its usage with examples taken from the Bush administration’s torture-intelligence policy (2001-2008). The example extends to the UK’s complicity in this torture policy.

AB - Coming out of a typology of Organised Persuasive Communication (under development with Eric Herring, David Miller and Piers Robinson) I present misdirection as an important, and frequently used, aspect of contemporary deceptive propaganda. I offer a definition of misdirection, and explain how it is different from other common forms of deceptive propaganda techniques. I explain the importance of misdirection, and illustrate its usage with examples taken from the Bush administration’s torture-intelligence policy (2001-2008). The example extends to the UK’s complicity in this torture policy.

UR - http://www.bangor.ac.uk/creative_industries/media-persuasion/index.php.en

M3 - Paper

T2 - Media, Persuasion and Human Rights, Political Studies Association Media and Politics Group Annual Conference, Bangor, November 2014

Y2 - 3 January 0001

ER -