When Russia launched its barbaric invasion on Ukraine, many expected a silver lining to emerge in which the Russian aggressor would become a catalyst for European states to reevaluate their democratic …
“Disinformation Board”: US Government Approaches 1st Amendment Encroachments As Threats to Tech Monopolies Intensify
At the end of last month the Biden administration unveiled a new “Disinformation Board” within the Department of Homeland Security, aimed at attacking online “disinformation” as a national security …
Media: The Catalyst Behind Erosive Polarization
While there is hope for America’s future as a democracy, there are serious democratic backsliding issues at the present moment. Increased polarization is widely accepted as a pre-cursor to this …
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Master Manipulators: How the PiS’s Strategy for Media Control Was Hampered by the Public
Poland’s media problem began with President Andrzej Duda’s election in 2015. He started with blatant attempts to control the commanding heights of the media, especially public television. Duda …
Death (of Democracy) by Mainstream Media by Tory Bouchillon
If there is one thing history teaches us, it is that societies are more vulnerable during a time of crisis. Widespread panic is the quickest way to make people give up their rights voluntarily, and …
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Polish Polarization and Conspiracy: Social Media, Democratic Decay, and the Construction of Separate Worlds.
By Conor Gleeson The Polish authoritarian-friendly government led by the Law and Justice Party has created an environment conducive to spreading institutional distrust, anti-Semetic conspiracies, …
THE OLD GODS ARE DEAD: Rampant Corruption within Greece’s Failing Democracy by Ian Fowler @ GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY
The first democracy was born during the 6th century in Athens, Greece, now almost 1,500 years later this democracy is dying. Greece is currently struggling to maintain the traditions it helped found …
Want to Stop Media Polarization? Think About Editorial Policy by Artur Avkhadiev @ Brown University
We talk a lot about polarization of free media in the U.S. and around the world. In doing so, we mostly focus on how we consume news — for example, through preferential viewing of cable channels or …