Every Tuesday this column will present a news report and give you the opportunity to see if You Can Spot the Propaganda. The following Monday I will present my perspective.
Abasasaza iimfazwe, njengabathakathi, basebenzisa ngqondweni kwaye yengqondo indlela egwenxa ezidlala ngokwethu abalufunda engqondweni.
#1 Ukuqulunqa iNgxoxo yeeMbacu, NgoLwesibini, ngo-Epreli 4, 2017
Zama olu vavanyo olubonisa ukuba kubaluleke kangakanani, kunamandla kwaye kuzingisa Ukuqulunqa umkhethe yi. Amakhadi amabini aya kudanyaza kwiscreen; yitsho ngokuvakalayo.
Isithandi sobulumko senzululwazi, uThomas Kuhn wathi, 'Ngaphandle kombono, okulungileyo okanye okubi, asinako ukusebenza.'
Ukwasilumkisile ukuba, "Sihambelana namava kwiiparadigms zethu". Okanye njengoko uWalter Lippmann watshoyo, "Siyila kuqala emva koko sibone".
Siyahamba ngaphandle kwefreyimu - siyazifuna kwaye sithande ukubamba enye xa enye (okanye ezimbini, njengoko zingezantsi) zinikezelwe.
Ngaba unokuyibona iPropaganda kule kliphu yeendaba:
You may want to comment on the following:
- What sensory and psychological misdirection did you detect?
- What cognitive biases does it play upon?
- Compare the message with what may be the true agenda it conceals. Popular vs Practical Geopolitics.
- The narrative: How it is framed. What is included and ignored. What is true, false and assumed. What is concluded. Is the narrative logical? Who are the protagonists, victims and antagonists? What is and what ought to be our country’s role?
- A scientific interpretation with a regard for Evidence and Reason.
