Disinformation as a political weapon - The Plan Z Affair
Case study from the class “Conflicto del siglo XXI en Latinoamérica” that exemplifies the power of mass media to share political disinformation through the example of Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship media campaign of Plan Z, an alleged attempt at a “marxist self-coup” from the government of the Unidad Popular.
- Category: Democracy and citizenship
- Subjects: Mass media, social networks and dissinformation
- Authorship: UAR Team
- User profile: Leaders/Promoters of citizen education and participation; Leaders/Promoters of Human Rights Defense Groups
- Type of material: Case study
- Format: Text
- Resource extension: One page
- Resource size: 0.018 MB
- Main language: English
- Secondary language: (Doesn’t apply)
- Author’s rights: Derivative work
- Name of the original resource: La desinformación como arma política: el caso del Plan Z
- Date: 2019
- Authorship: Equipo UAR
- Publication date: 2024
- CREA Publication date: 2024
- Uploaded by: UAR Team
- Cell phone compatibility: Yes
- Accessibility for disabled people: [Doesn’t apply]
- Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0: Atribución-NoComercial-CompartirIgual
