Alicia WanlessDiplomacy in a Digital AgeOn 15 February 2019, the Young Transatlantic Initiative and the General Delegation of the Government of Québec to Germany hosted a Munich…·12 min read·May 29, 2019----
Alicia WanlessWe have a problem, but it isn’t technology.There is an elephant in the room — and it is persuasion. Until we come to grips with its role in Western society, we cannot tackle issues…·8 min read·May 29, 2019----
Alicia WanlessHow can we be at war, if we don’t even know what we are talking about?“We’re at war and we’ve got absolutely no idea,” proclaims a recent New York Times opinion video series snappily entitled Operation…16 min read·Dec 6, 2018----
Alicia WanlessinThe TiltDisinformation, Persuasion, and the Information EnvironmentAt the 2018 RightsCon conference in Toronto, we had the opportunity to test an experimental session format that originally set out to…9 min read·Oct 2, 2018----
Alicia WanlessPropaganda at ChristmasChristmas can be an emotional time of year. From a propagandist’s perspective, that can present both opportunities and challenges…·6 min read·Dec 25, 2017----
Alicia WanlessAnti-Establishment Blues: 2017 U.K. Election.Anti-establishment views these days seem to be a bit like a common cold — one country catches it, sneezes, and passes it along to the next…21 min read·Jun 7, 2017----
Alicia WanlessDevelop A Firewall For Your Mind.Where does all this manipulation leave you, Dear Reader? Like it or not, your mind is the new battleground in a Digital Age. While the U.S…4 min read·May 26, 2017----
Alicia WanlessParticipatory Propaganda: A Populist Secret?One type of political communication seems to be particularly well suited to participatory propaganda — populism. In positioning a political…3 min read·May 26, 2017----
Alicia WanlessWhy Does Participatory Propaganda Matter?In 2014, the World Economic Forum listed “the spread of misinformation online” as one of the top 10 trends facing the world. By 2016…7 min read·May 26, 2017----