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define the word propaganda
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Propaganda (noun)
- Information, ideas, or claims deliberately spread to influence the opinions, emotions, or behavior of a group.
- Usually selective, one‑sided, or misleading — it emphasizes certain facts, symbols, or arguments and omits others to shape perception.
- Commonly distributed via mass media, political advertising, public speeches, posters, and social media.
Notes:
- Connotation is often negative because propaganda tends to manipulate rather than inform, though the basic act of promoting a viewpoint can be neutral (e.g., public health campaigns).
- Types sometimes described: white (truthful or attributable), black (false and blamed on opponents), and gray (uncertain origin or accuracy).
- Etymology: from Latin propagare, “to propagate”; historically linked to the 17th‑century Catholic Congregation for Propagation of the Faith.
- Information, ideas, or claims deliberately spread to influence the opinions, emotions, or behavior of a group.
- Usually selective, one‑sided, or misleading — it emphasizes certain facts, symbols, or arguments and omits others to shape perception.
- Commonly distributed via mass media, political advertising, public speeches, posters, and social media.
Notes:
- Connotation is often negative because propaganda tends to manipulate rather than inform, though the basic act of promoting a viewpoint can be neutral (e.g., public health campaigns).
- Types sometimes described: white (truthful or attributable), black (false and blamed on opponents), and gray (uncertain origin or accuracy).
- Etymology: from Latin propagare, “to propagate”; historically linked to the 17th‑century Catholic Congregation for Propagation of the Faith.
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