Anonymous ID: b1ebaa June 29, 2020, 2:02 a.m. No.9785036   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>5061

RAND Corp Research Report on How to Counteract the Firehose of Falsehood Propaganda Techniques (not in qresear.ch):

 

"All other things being equal, messages received in greater volume and from more sources will be more persuasive."

We characterize the contemporary Russian model for propaganda as “the firehose of falsehood” because of two of its distinctive features: high numbers of channels and messages and a shameless willingness to disseminate partial truths or outright fictions.

 

In the words of one observer, “[N]ew Russian propaganda entertains, confuses and overwhelms the audience.”It is also rapid, continuous, and repetitive, and it lacks commitment to consistency.

 

What Matters in Producing and Disseminating High-Volume, Multichannel Propaganda?

 

Variety of sourcesNumber and volume of sources

 

The views of others, especially the views of those who are similar to the message recipient

 

. What Can Be Done to Counter the Firehose of Falsehood?

 

To the extent that efforts to directly counter or refute Russian propaganda are necessary, there are some best practices available, also drawn from the field of psychology, that can and should be employed. Three factors have been shown to increase the (limited) effectiveness of retractions and refutations:

(1) warnings at the time of initial exposure to misinformation,

(2) repetition of the retraction or refutation, and

(3) corrections that provide an alternative story to help fill the resulting gap in understanding when false “facts” are removed.

 

Forewarning is perhaps more effective than retractions or refutation of propaganda that has already been received. The research suggests two possible avenues:Propagandists gain advantage by offering the first impression, which is hard to overcome. If, however, potential audiences have already been primed with correct information, the disinformation finds itself in the same role as a retraction or refutation: disadvantaged relative to what is already known.

 

When people resist persuasion or influence, that act reinforces their preexisting beliefs. It may be more productive to highlight the ways in which Russian propagandists attempt to manipulate audiences, rather than fighting the specific manipulations.

 

Don't expect to counter Russia's firehose of falsehood with the squirt gun of truth. Instead, put raincoats on those at whom the firehose is aimed. 

 

Focus on countering the effects of Russian propaganda, rather than the propaganda itself. The propagandists are working to accomplish something. The goal may be a change in attitudes, behaviors, or both. Identify those desired effects and then work to counter the effects that run contrary to your goals. 

 

https://www.rand.org/pubs/perspectives/PE198.html

 

Analysis It's not Russia, firehosing the US and many parts of the world with multi-channel rapid assault propaganda, it's mainly the US driving it it's [them], the invisible/foreign enemy. 

 

As Q has underscored again in Qpost 4536 Backchannels are important. Qanon is the raincoat against the 'firehose of falsehoods/propaganda'. Put in terms or another metaphor, it's this backchannel that prepares us for the propaganda, acting as an innoculation against the "Information Warfare' assault.  

 

Our job under our OATH is to inoculate others! We The People are the CURE