Senior Lecturer @LSW_RMAS Sandhurst & Senior Research Fellow at KCL @Warstudies. Propaganda, Stratcom, Disinfo, War. RT not an endorsement.
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Dictating Reality: The Global Battle to Control the News, by me & @martinjemoore is out! See Martin's brilliant unboxing video: vm.tiktok.com/ZNdsBRCYm. Use code CUP20 for 20% off - tinyurl.com/3ddh79yn.
@ColumbiaUP @warstudies #disinformation #news #journalism @LSW_RMAS
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"A highly readable book rich in anecdotes ... and original research...makes a compelling case for the danger of artificial truths." -- Lawfare
An excellent review of DICTATING REALITY by Martin Moore and Thomas Colley in @lawfare bit.ly/4enEG44 @ColumbiaUP @ThomasColley
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Congratulations to Martin Moore and @ThomasColley, whose book DICTATING REALITY: THE GLOBAL BATTLE TO CONTROL THE NEWS was shortlisted for The IJPP Hazel Gaudet-Erskine Best Book Award 2026. bit.ly/3Xbzab9 @icahdq @ColumbiaUP
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"Trump’s chaotic and coercive foreign policy has benefited Beijing because it so perfectly reinforces [the] CCP narrative"
The authors of DICTATING REALITY explain how Trump's unpredictability benefits China bit.ly/4u7w4nW @ThomasColley @martinjemoore @ColumbiaUP
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We were delighted to host the book launch of “Dictating Reality: The Global Battle to Control the News” by Martin Moore and Thomas Colley. The event featured an engaging Q&A with co-author @ThomasColley, and all book donations will support the 🇺🇦initiative @BrakeTheFake.
My latest in @theipaper on #Trump's new White House web page to name and shame journalists, how he is following the #AMLO playbook from Mexico, and its implications for #democracy and #journalism tinyurl.com/4k923mm8 @warstudies @emmareyn @PhilipLeventhal @martinjemoore
Thanks @Taitster25, it was a pleasure to talk to you and the fantastic audience from @KCLalumni @KCLSecurity @Kingspol_econ . For anyone who missed it, we discuss the book further in a @NewBooksNetwork podcast here. newbooksnetwork.com/dictatin…
This was brilliant! Awesome double act from @ThomasColley and @martinjemoore about their 📔 #DictatingReality . Fun friendly atmosphere for a thoughtful conversation with insightful questions and answers. Great book, thank you.
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Propaganda and media is not new, but how did we get from information overload and a crisis of authority to some countries achieving messianic populism, through a captured truth provider, to rival the most powerful theocracies in history. Chilling case studies of how some countries achieved this: coming to a democracy near you. Compelling read.
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#DictatingReality
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📢 EVENT
How is news being used to dictate reality?
Join Dr @ThomasColley and Dr @martinjemoore at the launch of 'Dictating Reality' - their new book examining how states are battling to control and shape the news.
📅 20 Nov
🕧 18.15
BOOKINGS 🔗 bit.ly/480N06n
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📢 EVENT
How is news being used to dictate reality?
Join Dr @ThomasColley and Dr @martinjemoore at the launch of 'Dictating Reality' - their new book examining how states are battling to control and shape the news.
📅 20 Nov
🕧 18.15
BOOKINGS 🔗 bit.ly/480N06n
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🗺️‼️ Must read: "International lulz: Exploring the strategic logic of trolling in diplomacy" from Huw Dylan & @ThomasColley.
👉 Open access and available here: cambridge.org/core/journals/…
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Across the globe, leaders are fighting to control the news and impose their own realities. In Dictating Reality, Dr @ThomasColley and Dr Martin Moore (@Kingspol_econ)
reveal how this struggle is dividing and reshaping our world.
➡️ ow.ly/4z7n50XkL5I
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How do world leaders use the news to determine their own narratives - and how does that shape the 'truth'?
Dr Martin Moore (@Kingspol_econ) & Dr Thomas Colley (@warstudies), whose new book explores this topic, share their thoughts for #OurDividedPlanet ⬇️
kcl.ac.uk/how-news-is-being-…
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In our features sections, read Kyung Suk Lee & Bee Yun Jo on ROK extended deterrence, Ryoya Ishimoto on Japan nuclear policy, Sumit Ganguly & @SpenserAWarren on the May Pahalgam conflict, @ThomasColley & Huw Dylan on war on OSINT, & Mitchell Gallagher on the Five Eyes Alliance.
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"Bolsonaro showed how malleable the new digital information environment could be for those who want to construct alternate realities."--@martinjemoore and @ThomasColley, authors of DICTATING REALITY. @ColumbiaUP
theconversation.com/why-braz… via @ConversationUK
My latest with @martinjemoore for the @ConversationUK on why Brazil remains so divided about Jair Bolsonaro's conviction. tinyurl.com/yhtcazv2 The article is based on our book, Dictating Reality: The Global Battle to Control the News, out in October tinyurl.com/yatrp635 #bolsonaro #disinformation
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"Compelling and persuasive....A valuable primer for our dark times." --Luke Harding
Out this Fall but available now to order: DICTATING REALITY: THE GLOBAL BATTLE TO CONTROL NEWS by @martinjemoore & @ThomasColley. Use the code CUP20 & save 20% tinyurl.com/2743z4yx @columbiaup
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"Protests in the UK reveal an ongoing battle against disinformation. While social media plays a role in its dissemination, it is how elites engage with disinformation that truly matters", discussed by Dr Thomas Colley
Read more at Australian Outlook 👇
ow.ly/KoaW50TGofq
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The @journstudies special issue “Understanding News Avoidance: Paradoxes, Problems, and Priorities” is finally out: tandfonline.com/toc/rjos20/2…
The special issue consists of 10 original research articles and an editorial introduction. Here’s a tread on the content…
