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Film, Video Annalee Newitz and Peter Pomerantsev: Words at War and Misinformation

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Title

  • Annalee Newitz and Peter Pomerantsev: Words at War and Misinformation

Summary

  • Annalee Newitz ("Stories Are Weapons") and Peter Pomerantsev ("How to Win an Information War") share how psychological operations and coercive storytelling that were once deployed against foreign adversaries in wartime now affect our current geopolitical climate and shape our present-day culture wars. The authors discussed their work with Roswell Encina at the 2024 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.

Event Date

  • August 24, 2024

Running Time

  • 1 hours 3 minutes 30 seconds

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

Annalee Newitz and Peter Pomerantsev: Words at War and Misinformation. 2024. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-11464/.

APA citation style:

(2024) Annalee Newitz and Peter Pomerantsev: Words at War and Misinformation. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-11464/.

MLA citation style:

Annalee Newitz and Peter Pomerantsev: Words at War and Misinformation. 2024. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/webcast-11464/>.