{"product_id":"copaganda","title":"Copaganda","description":"Condition: BRAND NEW\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781620978535\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Cloth over boards\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2025\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: New Press, The\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this groundbreaking expose essential for understanding rising authoritarianism, award-winning civil rights lawyer Alec Karakatsanis introduces the concept of \"Copaganda.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCopaganda is a special kind of propaganda employed by police, prosecutors, and news media to stoke fear of police-recorded crime and distort society's response to it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat readers will discover:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow mass media manipulates our perception of what keeps us safe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy fear of poor people, strangers, immigrants, unhoused people, and people of color is deliberately cultivated.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe ways this fear leads to authoritarian repression, inequality, and massive profits for the punishment bureaucracy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhy it matters:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor readers of Naomi Klein and Noam Chomsky, \u003ci\u003eCopaganda\u003c\/i\u003eshows how modern news coverage fuels insecurity and distracts us from policies that would truly improve lives and make us safer-like reducing inequality, expanding housing, and investing in healthcare, early childhood education, and climate-friendly city planning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHidden in plain sight:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhen your local TV station obsessively reports on shoplifting but ignores wage theft, tax evasion, and environmental pollution.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen podcasts talk about a \"shortage\" of prison guards rather than too many people in prison.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen newspapers quote \"experts\" calling for more money for police and prisons despite scientific evidence to the contrary.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the author:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e as \"one of the most prominent v\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ALLIANCE DIST - SF","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":41719847354501,"sku":"PR402250","price":66.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0213\/3637\/files\/9781620978535_hcQqjfH.original_TNXPU8BRGSWN.jpg?v=1781967985","url":"https:\/\/smartfoxbooks.com.au\/products\/copaganda","provider":"Smartfox Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}