The Hatred You Think Is Organic Is Manufactured

 

A conversation about how moral panics get manufactured — who funds them, who runs them, and how networks of think tanks, lobbying groups, and media operators turn engineered narratives into apparently spontaneous public feeling.

Topics covered: manufactured consent, the public relations industry, think tank networks, astroturfing, moral panic theory, counter-extremism policy, securitisation, media analysis, propaganda studies, the political economy of news.

Guest: David Miller, professor of political sociology, formerly of Bristol University, author of research on lobbying networks, public relations, and the manufacture of consent in contemporary politics.