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Johnny Harris: A Story of YouTube Propaganda

Go to https://Surfshark.deals/tomnicholas and use code TOMNICHOLAS to get 83% off a 2-year plan and 3 extra months for free. Protect yourself online today! A story about Johnny Harris, propaganda and misinformation on YouTube. *Chapters* 0:00 Introduction 0:40 1. A Journalist Who Hates the News 03:48 2. "How China Became So Powerful" 08:31 3. The World Economic Forum, the Davos Summit and the "Great Reset" 15:40 Surfshark VPN Spot 17:19 4. Brand Deals, Sponsorships and Misinformation 22:44 5. From Journalism to Propaganda 29:13 6. The Golden Age of Misinformation *Some Copy about the Video for the YouTube Algorithm* In this month's video, we're looking at a couple of videos by journalist Johnny Harris (Vox Borders), particularly a recent video by Harris called "How China Became So Powerful", which was produced in partnership with the World Economic Forum (WEF). I use the story of Johnny Harris' partnership with the WEF as a jumping-off point for discussing the growing tide of propaganda and misinformation on social media sites such as YouTube. In particular, I'm interested in using the example of Harris as a means of discussing the various dangers of independent journalism coming into contact with the so-called "influencer economy" and how this might leave such journalism open to distortion by bad actors. Along the way, we also touch upon what the shady activities of the World Economic Forum (organisers of the annual Davos Summit in which Heads of State meet with representatives from some of the richest corporations in the world) and their current initiative the "Great Reset", which has been jumped upon by conspiracy theorists but is actually a vague attempt to rebrand capitalism as being able to solve inequality and the climate emergency (rather than being their cause). We also very briefly touch upon the notions of "shareholder capitalism" and "stakeholder capitalism" which Harris discusses in his "How China Became So Powerful" before considering what Harris' partnership with the World Economic Forum might have in common with attempts by the Chinese Government to spread its own propaganda on this platform. Support the channel on Patreon at http://patreon.com/tomnicholas​ If you've enjoyed this video and would like to see more including my What The Theory? series in which I provide some snappy introductions to key theories in the humanities as well as video essays and more then do consider subscribing. Thanks for watching! Twitter: http://twitter.com/tom_nicholas​ Instagram: http://instagram.com/tomnicholaswtf​ Patreon: http://patreon.com/tomnicholas​ Website: http://www.tomnicholas.com/​ #johnnyharris #propaganda #tomnicholas