What is propaganda? How does it work? And is it just a historical phenomenon? This lecture is mainly about the students discussion and how they recognize propaganda.
3. Propaganda…
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‣ ignore the historic context
‣ use selective stories, make exceptional representative
‣ utilize a narrow source of experts
(connected to the “right” ideology line)
‣ demonize the enemy
‣ use narrow focus
17. Have you ever had a dramatic change of
heart or a strong emotional response after
looking at something as simple as a billboard
or a commercial?
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If so, you may have been
looking at propaganda.
18. Propaganda today has moved into prop-agenda, not only
controlling what we think, but how we think, and what we
think about.
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