Propaganda 2.1: Understanding Propaganda in the Digital Age

Since the US presidential election of 2016 the words propaganda and fake news have been prominent in American political and cultural discourse. Yet very few people can provide a coherent explanation of what they mean, precisely, when using them. On the two sides of the political spectrum ("red" and "blue"), each points out messages from the other side that they think are untrue--or that they simply don't like.

Unlike our dangerously biased political system, however, reality has more than onl...