an assignment

1. Nusrat Azeema
Assignment
At
NUST
The Internet, Social Media and Propaganda: The Final Frontier?
Introduction: Dueto the growth of the internet, and in particular the explosion of
social media, the information-generating process has been democratised.
Whenever we post an opinion on Facebook, Twitter, or any other social media
site, we are issuing propaganda, a piece of information designed to make those
who read it think about an issueor behave in a certain way conduciveto what we
want them to.
Significance: Publicity is not the tricky, tricky, manipulative example of adversely
impacting conduct that numerous individuals consider it to be. Because of the
web's development, and specifically the blast of online networking, the data
producing procedurehas been democratized. Online networking has tremendous
potential, which is the reason China, for instance, has its own online networking
website, Weibo. In the mainstreamtransformations, uprisingsand challenges
over the world as of late, online networking has had real impact in preparing,
advising and affecting popular assessmentand forming agreement of occasions
fromaround the globe. In 2012, a Palestinian-run blog reported similar
arrangements between the National Union of IsraeliStudents and the Israeli
government. Students would be paid $2,000 to postpro-Israelmessages online
for five hours a week.
Objectivity:This research define that propaganda is really no more than the
communication of ideas designed to persuadepeople to think and behave in a
desired way. Propaganda is defined as, “ideas, facts, or allegations spread
deliberately to further one's causeor to damage an opposing cause” (Merriam-
Webster Dictionary).

2. Methodology: To conduct a survey of 100 samplesize with questionnaire
methodology. By doing so, a critical engagement with information can be
maintained. The question of this survey is given below:
Who isproducing the propaganda?
Do you think the propaganda is like Social NetworkingInfluence Engine?
What your viewabout social mediaand propaganda?
Whoare the intendedaudience insocial mediafor propaganda influence?
Conclusion: Social media has the potential to spread information rapidly around
the world. Oneof the main reasons why World War II had a huge impact on the
world was frompropaganda becauseit promoted a great deal of media industry
and economic stability. Propaganda has always evolved along with
communications technology. As new ways develop to spread information, so too
will they be used to spread propaganda. Thatis whatpropaganda is! As such, the
internet may currently be the final frontier, but there’s no reason not to think
horizons willbe extended further in future.
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