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1300 Memorial Dr. Coral Gables, Fl 33146.
Propaganda: How it Works and How to Combat It
Featured Stanford Seminar Speaker: Ruth Ben-Ghiat, New York University
Friday, September 22, 12:30 – 2:00pm, Richter Library, First Floor, Flex B. (Lunch Provided.)
Please RSVP by Wednesday, September 20 (end of day, so we can confirm number of lunches and prepare for the seminar set-up).
Dr. Ruth Ben-Ghiat will contend that disinformation has become the largest driver of the threat to democracy. The aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, she will argue, shows that authoritarian political figures no longer need to create a one-party state to pull off mass deception on a grand scale. The seminar will look at how propaganda works, paying attention to the dissemination of noise as well as the cultivation of silence and self-censorship. Dr. Ben-Ghiat will examine how information warfare techniques are being used to discredit and attack democracy in the US, including talking points on anti-science, homophobia, and other topics that echo those of illiberal states around the world.
Ruth Ben-Ghiat is Professor of History and Italian Studies at New York University. She is an MSNBC Opinion Columnist and commentator on CNN, MSNBC, and other media outlets about authoritarianism, Fascism, and threats to democracy around the world.
Her latest book, Strongmen: From Mussolini to the Present (W.W. Norton & Company) examines how illiberal leaders use corruption, violence, propaganda, and machismo to stay in power, and how resistance to them has unfolded over a century.
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