Home Affairs’ propaganda machine
Aug 28, 2019•15 min
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Episode description
When a communications agency started contacting members of the Muslim community for social media training, it seemed like their intentions were to elevate new voices. But the program was funded by the Department of Home Affairs, and the messages being positioned were from the government. Shakira Hussein on what it’s like to be pulled into a propaganda machine.
Guest: Writer and academic Shakira Hussein.
Background reading:
Strategic communication’ and Muslim communities in The Saturday Paper
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