Networked Propaganda
Networked Propaganda — Terra Invicta technology. We study ways to shape public opinion in the Internet's many-speak-to-many environment.
About Networked Propaganda
Networked Propaganda is a Terra Invicta technology in InformationScience with a research cost of 10,000.
We study ways to shape public opinion in the Internet's many-speak-to-many environment.
If not controlling, then at least influencing hearts and minds is a growing necessity in this most turbulent of ages. With old loyalties transformed and new sympathies forged by the alien arrival, international borders - or indeed planetary ones - simply will not present any barrier whatsoever to the spreading of a message. The advent of cybernetics offers startling opportunities in this field too - we are now testing experimental new implants that entirely remove the old need for devices and screens and cables, enabling the near-instantaneous sending and receipt of messages and videos to anyone, anywhere. The potential for organizing movements, for crowd-sourced initiatives and for the mass coordination of aid to people in need is endless, but so too is the potential for exploitation. Not simply in terms of marketing and advertising - there are those who would use it to slowly, perniciously bend others to their will, to encourage coups or to destabilize their opponents through sustained, direct-to-the-senses misinformation campaigns. But this new era of mass communication is a genie that cannot be returned to its bottle - to the victor, the spoils.