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FEATURE - Historical fears of Mass Media Manipulation Following last week's breakdown of the Cambridge Analytica/Facebook scandal, this week Rowan sat down with Dr. Heidi Tworek, a professor of International History at UBC to discuss the "new old fear" of mass media manipulation, and how our current media landscape resembles earlier times. Check out the original article that inspired our conversation: https://goo.gl/1hTmnW Check out Heidi's recent brief advising journalists in the digital age: https://goo.gl/YKXXC8 Follow her on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HeidiTworek We go on to discuss the (lack of) evidence for Cambridge Analytica's ability to sway elections, referencing... Washington Post's Monkey Cage: https://goo.gl/93iDaR Vox: https://goo.gl/d8t1t1 ___ LEFT-WING WATCH - Antisemitism on the Left Corbyn's in trouble for (allegedly mistaken) support for an anti-semitic mural, and protests have erupted about the lack of firm action against anti-semitism in Labour. It seems odd that this specific kind of racism is present among democratic socialists, far more than many other forms. Why? What can we do about it? ___ We're taking a fortnight's break over Easter, but we'll have some extra content coming out in the meantime: an extended version of our interview with writer Michael Hobbes about struggling millenials, and Warren's History of Neoliberalism series compiled together. You can support us by... Following on Soundcloud! Leave us a review on iTunes - https://goo.gl/s4vwFu Twitter – twitter.com/CandDPodcast Email us - connectedanddisaffected@gmail.com Facebook (it's good again) - https://www.facebook.com/connectedanddisaffected