Propaganda

A view of the Big Kremlin Palace and Churches with the Moskva River in Moscow, Russia

Russian propaganda tries to convince youth that Russia is “always a victim of the West,” great-granddaughter of Nikita Khrushchev says

Global Politics

Russian schools are revamping their curriculum and encouraging students to join a new patriotic youth movement in an attempt to steer them away from Western influence. To discuss how propaganda works, The World’s host Marco Werman speaks with Nina Khrushcheva, professor of international affairs at The New School in New York and great-granddaughter of former Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev.

President Zelenskyy wearing a green t-shirt looks out of a large screen on the stage and puts his hand on his heart while the US Congress watches

Ukraine’s information war is winning hearts and minds in the West

Ukraine
Screenshot of a soldier from the war epic "Battle at Lake Changjin"

Chinese blockbuster war film salutes China’s military might and heroism

Media
Russian state-owned television station RT logo is seen through a window with caution tape in front of a building

Baltic ban on Kremlin-tied RT step toward dismantling ‘machinery of disinformation,’ says media expert

Media
People look at a visualization on a wall

Don’t let your vote get stolen — 5 essential reads about disinformation in 2020

Elections
a smiling vladimir putin on the phone

How to avoid accidentally becoming a Russian agent

Arts, Culture & Media

The Mueller report reveals that some US citizens helped Russian government agents organize real-life events, aiding Russia’s propaganda campaign. Don’t be like them.

A South Korean soldier works on a stack of loudspeakers used for propaganda purposes near the demiltarized zone.

South Korea switches off propaganda broadcasts

Music

South Korea halted the propaganda broadcasts it blares across the border with North Korea on Monday, aiming to set a positive tone ahead of the first summit in a decade between their leaders as the US president cautioned the nuclear crisis was far from resolved.

Pech Song

Arts, Culture & Media

The story of a Cambodian painter recruited by the Khmer Rouge

Painting in Pre-Glasnost Russia

Arts, Culture & Media

When we think of Soviet Art, we think of the propaganda posters and the figurative heroic paintings and sculpture that glorified the Soviet leaders. That kind of Social Realism dominated official art in Russia, starting in the 1930’s. But artists found ways to pursue their own styles in secret. They organized private, apartment viewings of […]

The World

Fight on, Brave Soul

Arts, Culture & Media

It’s official: Studio 360 has a cold.  But I’m inspired by an odd and intriguing ad campaign for HALLS cough drops.  It features snifflers proudly bearing their red noses and eyes,…