Cherian George | Hate Propaganda

Cherian George is professor of media studies at Hong Kong Baptist University’s School of Communication and Film, where he also serves as associate dean for research. He researches media freedom, censorship and hate propaganda. His books include Hate Spin: The Manufacture of Religious Offense and its Threat to Democracy (MIT Press, 2016). He received his Ph.D. in Communication from Stanford University. Before joining academia, he was a journalist with The Straits Times in Singapore.

Further Reading:

George, C. (2016). Hate Spin: The Manufacture of Religious Offence and its Threat to Democracy. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press.

George, C. (2021). “Dark Side of People Power: Populism and the News Media” in News in Asia. Judith Nielson Institute.

George, C. (2020). “The Scourge of Disinformation-Assisted Hate Propaganda”, pp. 145–52 in M. Zimdars and K. McLeod (eds.), Fake News: Understanding Media and Misinformation in the Digital Age.  Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press.

George, C. (2019). “Journalism in a climate of hate.” Journalism 20 (1): 106–109. https://doi.org/10.1177/1464884918807070

George, C. (2018). “Disinformation and Hate Campaigns.” Asian Jurist. Issue 3, October: 28–35.

George, C. (2017). “Hate spin: the twin political strategies of religious incitement and offense-taking.” Communication Theory 27 (2): 156–175. doi:10.1111/comt.12111.