David Miller

David Miller         (academic)
Born	May 1964
Founder of	Organisation for Propaganda Studies, Powerbase, Spinwatch
Member of	Working Group on Syria Propaganda and Media
Interests	• “Social power” • PR • propaganda • fake news • “terrorism”
Interest of	"Philip Cross"
Founder of Powerbase & Spinwatch and incisive reporter into the state of the world.

Not to be confused with the David Miller (ADS) who was Finance Director of Aegis Defence Services.

David Miller is a former Professor of Sociology at the University of Strathclyde (2004–2011), at the University of Bath (2011-2018) and at the University of Bristol (2018-2021).

Professor Miller founded Spinwatch and Powerbase and is a co-founder of the Organisation for Propaganda Studies.

Sacking

On 1 October 2021, the University of Bristol – after a near 3 year-long pro-Israel lobbying campaign – fired David Miller. Professor Piers Robinson wrote:

The pro-Israel lobby and the University of Bristol might think that they have secured a major victory in their campaign to silence critical debate on Israel, but they will not have the last word and, certainly, they will not have succeeded in silencing Professor Miller nor putting a stop to his essential work. Despite the personal loss, and unlike the University of Bristol, Professor Miller will emerge stronger and more influential than ever.

Career

Miller has written for The Guardian, including a 2015 article which began with the observation that "it’s becoming much harder for UK academics to discuss issues such as conflict and terrorism." He has also criticised Islamophobia. A 2006 article "began by noting that "A succession of scandals in the US has revealed widespread government funding of PR agencies to produce 'fake news'. Actors take the place of journalists and the 'news' is broadcast as if it were genuine."

From 2013-2016 he was RCUK Global Uncertainties Leadership Fellow leading a project on understanding and explaining terrorism expertise in practice.

Publications

His publications include "A Century Of Spin".

 

Documents by David Miller

Title	Document type	Publication date	Subject(s)	Description
Document:Aerial combat	article	18 November 1994	London Radio Service
Document:Cabinet Publicity Committee	book extract	1994	Propaganda Northern Ireland Document:Cabinet Publicity Committee
Document:Don't Mention the War	book extract	1994	Gibraltar shootings
Document:Northern Ireland Information Service - Background Briefing Documents	book extract	1994	Northern Ireland Information Service
Document:Northern Ireland Information Service - Misinformation	Book	1994	Provisional Irish Republican Army Mark Urban John Stalker	It is now well established (and has been admitted by the government), that the task of the Information Policy branch of Army headquarters in the early to mid 1970s was disinformation. False stories were spread in order to discredit the IRA as well as other enemies of the Intelligence services, such as Loyalist politicians and the Labour government.
Document:Northern Ireland Information Service - Planting Stories	book extract	1994	Propaganda Northern Ireland Information Service
Document:Northern Ireland Information Service - Targeting Audiences	book extract	1994	Northern Ireland Information Service
Document:Northern Ireland Information Service - Using other people	book extract	1994	Northern Ireland Information Service
Document:Northern Ireland Information Service - Visits	book extract	1994	Northern Ireland Information Service
Document:Real Lives - Extract from Don't Mention the War	book extract	1994	Propaganda Northern Ireland
Document:Russia, Novichok and the long tradition of British government misinformation	article	12 April 2018	Propaganda UK/Propaganda Novichok Skripal Affair
Document:The British Media and Gibraltar	book extract	1994	Propaganda Gibraltar shootings Northern Ireland
Document:The Committee	book extract	1994	Propaganda Northern Ireland Royal Ulster Constabulary
Document:The Damage Was Done	book extract	1989	Gibraltar Killings - 6 March 1988	David Miller of the Glasgow University Media Group continues an investigation, begun in the February 1989 issue of Magill into the media coverage of the Gibraltar shootings of the three IRA members on March 6 1988. Here he examines the media treatment of the inquest into the shootings.
Document:The Truth on the Rocks	book extract		Gibraltar Killings - 6 March 1988	The media research goup at Glasgow University has conducted a major survey of the media's handling of the killings in Gibraltar of the three IRA members on March 6 last year up to but not including the coverage of the inquest in September. It represents a serious indictment of the British media's handling of the affair and particularly that of The Sunday Times. We publish here in full the Glasgow University Media Research Unit survey.
File:Damage.pdf	Report	April 1989	Gibraltar shootings	Investigation into media treatment of the inquest into the killing of three IRA members in Gibraltar on 6 March 1988

 

Event Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
International Festival of Whistleblowing Dissent and Accountability	8 May 2021	8 May 2021	Internet	Whistleblowing event held in 2021.

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