DEMOCRACY NERD: Why the GOP relies on negative propaganda loops & voter suppression to win elections
Democracy NerdDecember 22, 202001:16:23

DEMOCRACY NERD: Why the GOP relies on negative propaganda loops & voter suppression to win elections

Yochai Benkler, the Berkman Professor of Entrepreneurial Legal Studies at Harvard Law School, joins 'Democracy Nerd' to discuss his research on the Republican Party's 50-year strategy of relying on negative propaganda loops to increase outrage from supporters while also increasing voter suppression efforts in the face of changing demographics to win elections.

Yochai Benkler is a Jack N. and Lillian R. Berkman Professor for Entrepreneurial Legal Studies at Harvard Law School and the Faculty Co-Director, Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School

Check out his article.
http://bostonreview.net/politics/yochai-benkler-real-reason-gop-suppresses-vote

Please check out his book.
https://oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.1093/oso/9780190923624.001.0001/oso-9780190923624

or

https://www.powells.com/book/network-propaganda-9780190923631