‘Propaganda has been democratized.’

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‘Propaganda has been democratized.’

A conversation with Renée DiResta, author of ‘Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies Into Reality’

Adam M. Lowenstein

Jan 26, 2025

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Renee DiResta

is an associate research professor at Georgetown’s McCourt School of Public Policy and the author of Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies Into Reality.1

This newsletter includes the complete audio of an interview I recorded with Renée on Tuesday, December 17. (To listen in your favorite podcast app, just search for “Reframe Your Inbox.”)

The.Ink

previously published a condensed and edited version of our conversation. Head here to read it: “How to fight an epidemic of bad faith.”

(For those of you who subscribed to this newsletter after seeing one of my contributions to The Ink: Thank you! I promise that I publish new interviews here, too—not just links to Q&As that previously ran elsewhere. Stay tuned.)

The.Ink

How to fight an epidemic of bad faith

Few researchers have studied how the internet and social media shape the intersection of politics, propaganda, and people as closely as Renée DiResta. Fewer still have also experienced firsthand some of its most alarming consequences. DiResta, now an associate research professor at the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown, is the author of…

4 months ago · 50 likes · The Ink and Adam M. Lowenstein

https://www.reneediresta.com; https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/renee-diresta/invisible-rulers/9781541703377

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Politics, productivity, and power. Culture and capitalism. Business and books. This is the audio edition of "Reframe Your Inbox," an email newsletter of essays and interviews written (and read) by Adam M. Lowenstein.

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