The Rise of Weaponized Flak in the New Media Era: Beyond the Propaganda Model

ISBN-13: 9781433142581 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 212 str.

Brian Michael Goss

Opis

This work presents the first book-length examination of flak as a form of political harassment, authored by a seasoned researcher on political discourse and mass media.

Spis treści

List of Tables - Acknowledgments - Part I: Introducing Flak - 1988/2016: From PAC and Flak to Hack and Flak - "Bow the Knee to This New Dictatorship": The Many Faces of Flak - "We Are Those Experts": Heartland Institute and the Think Tank as Flak Mill - "Transcendent Truth" in Disguise: Project Veritas' Flak Traps - Part III: Flak Issues and Conclusions - Voters as "Thieves and Fraudsters": Flak against Elections - "Indoctrination," "Persecution," "Control": Flak Goes to College - Conclusion: Play to Win - Index.

O autorze

Brian Michael Goss earned a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois' Institute of Communications Research in 2000. A specialist in mass media and its sociopolitical concomitants, he has authored three books, co-edited two more, penned dozens of journal articles, and is a zealously dedicated teacher.