Chapter 12 in Critical thinking: Tools for taking charge of yourlearning and your life (3rd ed.). King, G., Pan, J., & Roberts,M. E. (2017). How the Chinese government fabricates social mediaposts for strategic distraction, not engaged argument. The AmericanPolitical Science Review, 111(3), 484-501.
Klausen, J. (2015). Tweeting the Jihad: Social media networks ofWestern foreign fighters in Syria and Iraq. Studies in Conflict& Terrorism, 38(1), 1-22. Retrieved fromhttp://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1057610X.2014.974948?scroll=top&needAccess=true
Murphy, D. M., & White, J. F. (2007). Propaganda: Can a worddecide a war? Parameters, 37(3), 15.
Directions: The required readings this week include historicaland contemporary examples of media bias and propaganda from a rangeof times, cultures, and countries (the United States, China, Iraq,Rwanda, etc.). Using these required readings, address the followingprompts and questions: Compare and contrast the propaganda and biasemerging from jihadist fighters (Klausen, 2015) and the Chinesestate (King, Pan, & Roberts, 2017). What similarities do youdetect? Differences? How can propaganda and bias be used to furtherdifferent aims? Describe two historical examples of propaganda fromMurphy and White (2007) that show how governments use propagandaand the media to achieve their ends? What suggestions do Murphy andWhite (2007) offer in terms of how the U.S. government should useinformation? What criticisms or critiques do you have of theirapproach?
