propaganda
French Military Propaganda postcard showing a caricature of Kaiser Wilhelm II biting the world (c. [1]
Propaganda is a specific type of message presentation directly aimed at influencing the opinions or behavior of people rather than providing objective information. [2]
Propaganda is a specific type of message presentation, aimed at serving an agenda. [3]
Propaganda, the coordinated attempt to influence public opinion through the use of media, was skillfully used by the Nazi Party in the years leading up to and during Adolf Hitler ’s leadership of Germany (1933′1945). [4]
In 1622, shortly after the start of the Thirty Years’ War, Pope Gregory XV founded the Congregatio de Propaganda Fide (”Congregation for Propagating the Faith”), a committee of cardinals with the duty of overseeing the propagation of Christianity by missionaries sent to non-Catholic countries. [2]
The Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) was launched in 1993 to create what at the time was the only public interest and media organization dedicated to exposing organized corporate and government propaganda and it’s impacts on democracy and democratic social change. [3]
Poster of Rosie the Riveter encouraging women to aid the U.S. war effort by taking men’s jobs at factories. [1]
In every propaganda war two things are needed: Injustice and Faint. [3]
Its wartime applications, in the Napoleonic or the American independence wars, were confined largely to calls to arms, lampooning the enemy, glorifying victory, and sustaining morale. [5]
Propaganda shares many techniques with advertising or public relations; in fact, advertising and PR can be said to be propaganda promoting a commercial product. [3]
Poster for Thirteenth Naval District, United States Navy, showing a rat representing Japan, approaching a mousetrap labeled “Army Navy Civilian,” on a background map of the Alaska Territory (c. [1]
Nazi propaganda provided a crucial instrument for acquiring and maintaining power, and for the implementation of their policies, including the pursuit of total war and the extermination of millions of people in the Holocaust. [4]
Social influence occurs when an individual’s thoughts, feelings or actions are affected by other people. [6]
This redefinition arose because both the Soviet Union and Germany ’s government under Hitler admitted explicitly to using propaganda favoring, respectively, communism and Nazism, in all forms of public expression. [...] Propaganda can take the form of leaflets, posters, TV and radio broadcasts and can also extend to any other medium. [1]
Sources:
[1] Propaganda - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[2] Propaganda - New World Encyclopedia
[3] Propaganda - SourceWatch
[4] Nazi propaganda - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[5] propaganda: Definition from Answers.com
[6] Propaganda: Facts, Discussion Forum, and Encyclopedia Article