''This Is Not Propaganda: Adventures in the War Against Reality'' is a 2019 book by

Peter Pomerantsev Peter Pomerantsev (; born Pyotr Igorevich Pomerantsev, russian: Пётр Игоревич Померанцев, label=none; born 1977) is a Soviet-born British journalist, author and TV producer. He is a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Global ...

about disinformation and propaganda, particularly in Russia. Seve Bloomfield of ''

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'' described the work as "Part memoir, part investigation, part cry for help". The work discusses digital propaganda and how it affects viewer's senses of normality. He observed how the manipulation of reality characterizing Russian politics was used in the

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and in the

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. The book includes a discussion on

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. The end of the book gives suggestions on how to build journalistic and online practices to solidify a focus on facts.

Background

Pomerantsev observed that propaganda practices in Russia began to be used in the west, spurring him to write this book.

References

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* 2019 non-fiction books English-language books Faber and Faber books Books about propaganda Books about Russia PublicAffairs books {{poli-book-stub