hi everyone,

For any of you attending this years's ISA conference in Baltimore, we have the following panel on propaganda:

Hope to see some of you there,

best,

Piers Robinson
University of Sheffield


TA67: Propaganda and Persuasion in the 21st Century: A New Era of Manipulation?
When:
Thursday, February 23, 8:15 AM - 10:00 AM

Where:
Salon E, Marriott Inner Harbor, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
                     
About this Panel

Title
Propaganda and Persuasion in the 21st Century: A New Era of Manipulation?

Sponsored By
	•	International Communication

Chairs and Discussants
	•	Chair: Piers Robinson (University of Sheffield)
	•	Discussant: Chris Simpson (American University, Washington DC)

Papers
When Propaganda Meets Foreign Policy: Building Legitimacy through Media Narratives
	•	Author: Lina Benabdallah (University of Florida)
Competing Propagandas: Russian and US Mutual Representation of Propaganda Efforts
	•	Author: Emma Briant (University of Sheffield)
	•	Author: Dmitry Chernobrov (University of Sheffield)
Gender, Propaganda and Militarism in the Post 9/11 war in Afghanistan
	•	Author: Lucy Morgan Edwards (Independent)
The Public Relations Industry and Crisis Management for Governments
	•	Author: Thomas MacManus (Queen Mary University of London)
Converging State Interests: the Use of Strategic Narratives During the Build-up Towards Intervention in Libya and Syria
	•	Author: Florian Zollmann (Newcastle University)

Abstract and Keywords
The rise of mass communication, liberal democracy and mass literacy in the 20th Century focused attention on the systematic ways in which information is organized with the aim of persuading audiences through manipulation of information. Historically these activities have been labelled propaganda. Today, a variety of terms, such as ‘public relations’, ‘public diplomacy’ and ‘strategic communication’, predominate and actors devote huge resources to propaganda and persuasive communication. The sophistication of recent communication activities, from Western governments to Putin’s Russia and 'Islamic State', highlight the contemporary ubiquity of persuasive communication activities and efforts to manipulate perceptions. Understanding this landscape is vital to understanding political power and how it is exercised in the international realm. Yet significantly, International Relations has little to say about propaganda and persuasive communication. Rectifying this shortcoming, this panel presents an exploration of the ways in which propaganda and persuasive communication are essential to understanding the exercise of power in the contemporary era and seeks to reinvigorate its application and use by scholars of IR.

Interest Groups; International Studies; Propaganda; War; Civil Society; International Relations Theory; Public Diplomacy; Global/International Society