Midst the rise of misinformation, disinformation and propaganda steering political communication, the present session delves into Dr. Samuel Woolley’s book, 'The Reality Game: How the Next Wave of Technology Will Break the Truth'. The author discusses the serious harms of technologies such as deep fakes and virtual reality when used subtly to manoeuvre public opinions and users worldviews. The author brings forth fascinating case studies of countries such as India, USA, besides others and also throws light on methodological underpinnings for researchers to view ‘propaganda’ embedded within a context, otherwise often placed in a disconnected experimental lab. Guest Profile: Samuel C. Woolley is an assistant professor in the School of Journalism and an assistant professor, by courtesy, in the School of Information--both at the University of Texas at Austin. He is also the project director for propaganda research at the Center for Media Engagement (CME) at UT. Woolley is currently a research associate at the Project for Democracy and the Internet at Stanford University. Woolley’s research is focused on how emergent technologies are used in and around global political communication. His public work on computational propaganda and social media bots has appeared in venues including Wired, the Guardian,TechCrunch, Motherboard, Slate, and The Atlantic. Hosts: Prabhat Mishra & Mandira Narain