Opportunity to Study for a PhD in Coronavirus Propaganda
Dr. Colin Alexander of Nottingham Trent University would welcome applications for a PhD programme entitled “Coronavirus Propaganda: Encouraging Public Behaviour within Political Communications”. The programme webpage explains:
We are looking for innovative PhD proposals that critically investigate the role that visuality and visual communication played during the COVID-19 crisis and how such content relates to understandings of propaganda. The project is also interested in addressing the ethics of pursuing these strategies and whether a declared crisis alters what ought to be perceived as ethically acceptable political communications that seek to monitor and drive public behaviour. In the first instance, we are keen to attract outstanding PhD proposals concerned with well-defined case studies in the United Kingdom. However, the team are also open to international case studies where a clear link to political propaganda, ethics and visuality can be established.
Applicants should already have a strong understanding of communications theory and either ethics or social psychology and be interested in visual communications. Interest in critically exploring the COVID-19 pandemic is a must. We support PhD projects via the traditional research degree format consisting of an original written thesis. Applicants from a range of backgrounds, whether that is within academia, industry, governmental, non-governmental organisations or cultural organisations are encouraged to apply for this opportunity.
Entrants must have a Bachelors and a Masters Degree (both 2:1 or higher) in a subject area relevant to the PhD research. There is no application deadline for the project, which is for self-funded PhD students.
For more information and to apply visit the page on the university website.
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Naked manipulation – misdirection of policy.
Talk about ferkin milking it.
Coming up, your new PhD:
How to differentiate between government lies and propoganda. Is their any difference?
Prospective students with academic qualifications are advised not to apply.
Applications will be considered however from students holding qualifications in non-materialised, sub capital, democratic subject bases which are wholly holistic.
Students holding male, white, Christian, heterosexual status would have an undermining impact on our intended demographic cohort and are advised in the first instance not to apply.
The clue is in being “self-funded”.
Unless your supplies of research income are inexhaustible, you would then be likely to tailor your findings in the direction of attracting some in the future.
Enough said – though there might still be some brave stand-outs.
Ahh, the ‘climate science,’ model.
Got it.😀
‘Self-funded’ can include those with foreign scholarships, you know British Council Fellowships, other fellowships.
I wonder if they would accept someone funded by Ron de Santis or the Heartland Institute?!
Not that would be interesting … I suspect not.
Well that should have been “Now that would be interesting”.
‘Terrorist propaganda: scaring a witless public into abject obedience during a pseudo-epidemic’.
Self funded hey 🤣. I’m looking for someone to remodel my garden at their expense. Upon completion I will award the lucky person a worthless piece of paper.
They should call it what it is: COERCIVE CONTROL
May as well study serial killing techniques and application … because that is all they did: kill lots of people by their lies.
Ha ha! I think everyone that regularly comments on this site already has that qualification!
Fat lot of good it is going to do us though! (In NWO)
We’ll be the equivalent of witches, or trolls under the bridge!
As far as my family is concerned I already fall into that category!