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Nov 15, 2018 · The literature on deception in politics can be traced to Ancient Athens. Most notably Plato (360 bc: Book 3: 414b–415d), in The Republic, relaying the thinking of Socrates, described the importance of the ‘noble lie’, whereby grand myths or untruths might be necessary in order to maintain social order.
Jun 15, 2016 · In a quest to illuminate the various “aspects of deception, self-deception, image-making, ideologizing, and defactualization,” she writes: Truthfulness has never been counted among the political virtues, and lies have always been regarded as justifiable tools in political dealings.
Aug 20, 2021 · First, we draw upon the extant psychology literature on deception detection, examining fourteen specific cues across four categories (verbal, nonverbal, paraverbal, and general demeanor) that voters are most likely to draw upon when considering the veracity of political statements.
- Kyle Mattes, Valeriia Popova, Jacqueline R. Evans
- 10.1007/s11109-021-09747-1
- 2021
- Polit Behav. 2023; 45(1): 395-418.
- From Propaganda to Public Relations
- Forms of Deception
- Sites of Production and Circulation
Organised persuasive communication (OPC) (Bakir et al., 2018a) refers to intentional actions aimed at shaping both beliefs and conduct in order to achieve specific political outcomes. Historically, these activities have been labelled as propaganda, and in the first part of the twentieth century, leading thinkers such as political scientist Harold L...
Deception, as a strategy, can undertake a number of forms. Lying, although most frequently associated with notions of propaganda, is actually comparatively rare. The political costs of being found out in a lie are frequently fatal in political terms and, as the German proverb states, “lies have short legs” (Friedrich, 1943, pp. 78–79; see also Ellu...
Propaganda and “distorted” communication are not just the preserve, of course, of governments, and in the contemporary world, we can readily identify a number of important production sites: think tanks, NGOs, academia, and intelligence agency networks. For example, think tanks can be used as vehicles in order to generate information and, frequently...
- David Miller, Piers Robinson
- 2019
Jan 1, 2019 · In fact, as this chapter shows, questions of deception and lying in politics are perennial and date back to ancient times whilst propaganda remains an integral component of contemporary...
Sep 8, 2021 · Deception plays a critical role in the dissemination of information, and has important consequences on the functioning of cultural, market-based and democratic institutions. Deception has been widely studied within the fields of philosophy, psychology, economics and political science.
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Feb 9, 2015 · Richard A. Barrett discusses how political lies not only skew history but also undermine a political actor's ability to engage with reality. | Hannah Arendt Center News.
