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20 Aug, 10 tweets, 6 min read
In case you think this thread of women experts in Propaganda Studies isn't needed - take a look at this Top ten reading list in
@TheIET
Engineering & Technology for 'disinformation books' - only ONE woman. eandt.theiet.org/content/articl…
And what about @guardian ? Can the Guardian do any better than @theIET at its knowledge of women propaganda experts.... oops! Nope... Top 10 books about fake news from 2019 - ONE WOMAN theguardian.com/books/2019/sep…
No wonder there are so many men at the top! Follow @womenindisinfo which I run to read more fantastic expert opinion, scholarship and research by women on disinformation, propaganda and information warfare.
At least @guardian and @TheIET found ONE female author - bit better than @bustle magazine - their whole 'Fake News' book list was men, not a single woman author. bustle.com/p/8-books-to-r…
How about on @womendotcom? Their list "We Think It's Time You Learn About the Best Books on Propaganda" surely has some @womenindisinfo on it... oops no! They also don't seem to know any female experts on propaganda. Embarrassing. women.com/kelleyobrien/l…
@womendotcom @womenindisinfo Oh and no I'm not ignoring lots of lists with women on them and cherry picking the ones with only men - I literally cannot find any. I'll keep trying.
This stuff matters - if you don't #citewomen, if you don't think to consider them for 'Top Ten' lists of books coming out, they don't get book contracts, they don't get paid for years of hard work, they don't get promoted, their experience is erased... they don't get heard.
Let's look at Goodreads - where women are there, but it seems like the algorithm has mostly sorted men to the top of the disinformation list? goodreads.com/shelf/show/dis…
So @bookriot seems to be the best so far - list compiled by woman journalist and she has managed to find several great books by women on propaganda and disinformation, much more balanced bookriot.com/books-about-ba…
@BookRiot I’m just going to end by saying it’s not that all the experts on propaganda are men - there SO MANY women doing amazing work on this subject. Cite us, follow us, recommend our work! Thank you and good night.

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