Suchergebnisse

Introduction -- The lying eye: photography, propaganda and deception -- Altered images: here, there and everywhere -- Psyops: hearts and minds and eyes -- Psyops: the un-American weapon? -- Deception is a many and varied thing -- How to deceive: principles -- How to deceive: stratagems -- The best deceivers: the British in World War II -- The easiest mark: the United States -- The threat: striking at the media culture -- Defense: the media culture strikes back -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index

"Propaganda and Information Warfare in the Twenty-First Century is the first book to analyze how the technology to alter images and rapidly distribute them can be used for propaganda and deception operations. Such images have already appeared, including altered images of British troops abusing prisoners in Iraq and altered photographs of a 1970s anti-Vietnam War rally with Jane Fonda sitting near 2004 presidential candidate John Kerry. Using examples from history, Scot Macdonald outlines the principles of propaganda and deception, and presents a history of the use of altered images (both still and moving) in politics, diplomacy, espionage and war."--Jacket