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The Free Press Network presents; The Other Side Of The News [S01:E15]: Dr. Emma Briant - "The Maven of Persuasion"
With Dr. Robert Fitrakis & Dan Dougan As broadcasted LIVE in Columbus Ohio! on WGRN 94.1fm Fridays at 5:30pm! and WCRS 92.7fm & 98.3fm Mondays at 5:30pm! Dr. Bob and Dan Dougan talk with the chief researcher of the ground-breaking documentary "The Great Hack!"
An expert in propaganda and military-grade psyops that were proven on the battle-field, but used in Trump's election and Brexit. Dr. Emma Briant is an Associate Researcher at Bard College, New York. Academic, Author, Analyst, Journalist, and Research Consultant.
Formerly: Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Journalism, University of Essex and Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Journalism Studies at University of Sheffield. Dr. Briant is a sociologist/political scientist specializing in research on media, political communication, and propaganda particularly in relation to international conflicts, social issues (like migration), and inequality debates.
A central thread of her research considers how the contemporary (socio-political, economic and technological) development of systems of propaganda by state, corporate, and other non-governmental actors raises challenges for democracy; and in whose interests they are resolved or managed. She examines, for example; the ethics, norms, subcultures and uses/abuses of power in relation to emergent practice in propaganda within and by democracies.
