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Applying Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky’s Propaganda model to the Digital Media Landscape : An Analysis of Cambridge Analytica’s involvement in the United States 2016 Presidential Elections
Dissertation (MA (Political Science))--University of Pretoria, 2022.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/84682 Applying Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky’s Propaganda model to the Digital Media Landscape : An Analysis of Cambridge Analytica’s involvement in the United States 2016 Presidential Elections Thuynsma, Heather Anne ankenel9@gmail.com Nel, Anke UCTD New Media Post-truth 2016 US Election Donald Trump Propaganda Model Cambridge Analytica Dissertation (MA (Political Science))--University of Pretoria, 2022. The 2021 doomsday clock has placed the world at 100 seconds to midnight in part because of the increased use of disruptive technologies, which influence the way that people think, act, and in some instances the way that people vote. Digital tools like algorithms, bots, artificial intelligence, microtargeting, and fake news have pushed society into a post-truth environment where people disagree on basic facts. This study assesses the use of these new media techniques using Herman and Chomsky’s propaganda model and applying it to Cambridge Analytica’s operations during the 2016 United States Presidential election. In doing so, this dissertation aims to illustrate how the elite control the information audiences’ access, using more sophisticated targeting information. Ultimately, this dissertation aims to establish whether the propaganda model is still relevant in the age of new media. Furthermore, this dissertation asks whether Cambridge Analytica’s involvement in the Trump campaign had any impact on the integrity of the US democratic system Political Sciences MA (Political Science) Unrestricted 2022-03-29T08:26:46Z 2022-03-29T08:26:46Z 2022-09 2022 Dissertation * S2022 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/84682 en © 2022 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD New Media Post-truth 2016 US Election Donald Trump Propaganda Model Cambridge Analytica Applying Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky’s Propaganda model to the Digital Media Landscape : An Analysis of Cambridge Analytica’s involvement in the United States 2016 Presidential Elections |
| title | Applying Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky’s Propaganda model to the Digital Media Landscape : An Analysis of Cambridge Analytica’s involvement in the United States 2016 Presidential Elections |
| title_full | Applying Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky’s Propaganda model to the Digital Media Landscape : An Analysis of Cambridge Analytica’s involvement in the United States 2016 Presidential Elections |
| title_fullStr | Applying Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky’s Propaganda model to the Digital Media Landscape : An Analysis of Cambridge Analytica’s involvement in the United States 2016 Presidential Elections |
| title_full_unstemmed | Applying Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky’s Propaganda model to the Digital Media Landscape : An Analysis of Cambridge Analytica’s involvement in the United States 2016 Presidential Elections |
| title_short | Applying Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky’s Propaganda model to the Digital Media Landscape : An Analysis of Cambridge Analytica’s involvement in the United States 2016 Presidential Elections |
| title_sort | applying edward herman and noam chomsky s propaganda model to the digital media landscape an analysis of cambridge analytica s involvement in the united states 2016 presidential elections |
| topic | UCTD New Media Post-truth 2016 US Election Donald Trump Propaganda Model Cambridge Analytica |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/84682 |