Videos

The Roots of the Modern Government Propaganda Machine - The Wilson Center, October, 2020

In Sacrifice for Liberty and Peace – Colloquium, April 6, 2017

Centennial Lusitania Sinking - May 7, 2015

Carnegie-Columbia Report - October 15, 2013

Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs - February 20, 2013

Kennedy's War - May 08, 2012

Journalism Director's Forum - February 09, 2010

Riz Kahn Show – Al Jazeera - January 14, 2010

C-SPAN Video Library - November 17, 2009

Worldfocus - November 11, 2009

NY Roving Eye Speech

NY Roving Eye Speech (part2) -November 10, 2009

C-SPAN - November 14, 2000

Cassanova Was A Booklover - BookTV, November 3, 2000

Assignment Africa  - 1986

Articles & Interviews

How American Government Propaganda Was Born," Marketplace, Public Radio, October, 2020.

"The WWI roots of modern-day government spin," Marketplace, Public Radio, October, 2020.

American Governmental Propaganda Started in WWI but Thrives Today,” Spectrum, podcast distributed to public radio stations, October, 2020

The Roots of the Government Propaganda Machine,” video interview by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Author Q&A on the Birth of ‘Fake News’ a Century Ago,” Carl Cannon interview, Real Clear Politics, November 15, 2020.

New Book Explores the Roots of U.S. Propaganda,” Erin Stock interview, November 16, 2020, distributed by International Center for Journalists. 

Meet the Author: John Maxwell Hamilton,” interview USC Center for Public Diplomacy, November 10, 2020.

Hamilton and Kosar, K., “Sad, a Brief History of White House Propaganda from Teddy Roosevelt to Donald Trump,” Bulletin of Atomic Scientists. November 12, 2020. 

In 2016, we're going to campaign like it's 1916 - January, 2015

Happy 100th birthday, information warfare - August 2014

Fox, CNN Spar Over Human Shield Accusation - March, 2011

FiveBooks.com- April, 2010

J-School Dean/Author Portrays Colorful Past of Foreign Correspondents - September, 2009

Watch Dr. Hamilton's most recent discussion of his book, Manipulating the Masses: Woodrow Wilson and the Birth of Modern Propaganda, hosted by the Wilson Center: