I got familiar with this activist video yesterday and, so I have been casually monitoring the discussion in the video. What soon became obvious was the fact that a great majority of Russian language comments appeared, which were clearly not approving of the video. Even the vote within the video was clearly disapproving of the video. Reason I do not know, perhaps the Russian state machinery actively wanted to combat the video. However the hosts of the video disabled the comment and voting feature after the tide was turned.
It’s not very ideological to combat censorship with censorship. Of course censorship is effective because, it will eliminate unwanted competing opinions from display. Too obvious censorship, however, is not desirable or even effective. For a propagandist it becomes essential to attempt to make his or her agenda less obvious. Influencing opinions has to be something which allows the receiver to at least initially feel as if the information they’re receiving is correct. The less an individual is using his or her critical mind the better and, easier it will be to influence opinions.
Elaborate internet propaganda
*They have since become smart and re-opened the comment and voting function in the video.
It’s not very ideological to combat censorship with censorship. Of course censorship is effective because, it will eliminate unwanted competing opinions from display. Too obvious censorship, however, is not desirable or even effective. For a propagandist it becomes essential to attempt to make his or her agenda less obvious. Influencing opinions has to be something which allows the receiver to at least initially feel as if the information they’re receiving is correct. The less an individual is using his or her critical mind the better and, easier it will be to influence opinions.
Elaborate internet propaganda
*They have since become smart and re-opened the comment and voting function in the video.
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