IN BRIEF
- Information is at the heart of modern warfare. How it is gathered, verified, analysed and deployed are crucial to success for a modern defence force. But, Information Warfare is not a one-way street. Weaponised misinformation is a theatre of combat in its own right, with the potential to undermine democratic institutions, social cohesion, and the relationships with allies.
VOCABULARY
- Topic Vocabulary: flashcards on the site
- Active Vocabulary: flashcards on the site
- Active Vocabulary: ex 22-25
- Idioms: ex.52 p. 61
- Academic Word List: Group 1
GRAMMAR
- ex 45
RENDERING
- ex 26 p 45
ORATOR’S CORNER
- ex. 29-31, 33
LISTENING
- additional listening Noam Chomsky Manufacturing Consent
- Answer the questions:
- Why does Noam Chomsky doubt the narrative of the western media that Russia wasbehind the Nord Stream 2 sabotage?
- How is he branded for expressing such doubts?
- What does the media do to manufacture consent, i.e. to shape the public opinion on theissue of the Nord Stream 2 explosion?
- Why does he name the US as the most likely culprit behind the attack?
- Why is manufacturing consent more effective than propaganda?Professor Chomsky mentions invasion of Iraq as another example of manufacturingconsent. Can you give more recent examples when the western media wheels were set inmotion to start a debate that effectively diverts attention from the most likely culpritbehind the crime?
FEATURE FILM
- The Post
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