Propaganda
noun
Information, usually biased or misleading, used to promote or publicize some idea or cause.
The government spread propaganda about the benefits of the new policy.
Often appears as...
- political propaganda
- spread propaganda
noun
An organization or movement that promotes certain ideas or attitudes.
The propaganda of the ruling party is powerful.
Often appears as...
- party propaganda
- propaganda movement
noun
Information, usually biased or misleading, used to promote or publicize some idea or cause.
The government spread propaganda about the benefits of the new policy.
Often appears as...
- political propaganda
- spread propaganda
noun
An organization or movement that promotes certain ideas or attitudes.
The propaganda of the ruling party is powerful.
Often appears as...
- party propaganda
- propaganda movement
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Bias Awareness
Propaganda often supports one side. Be aware of underlying biases when you see or hear it.
The documentary was propaganda for the candidate, ignoring her faults.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Influence
Propaganda might appeal to emotions to persuade people, not just facts.
The poster used patriotic imagery as propaganda to stir pride.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Context
Understanding the culture helps to see why some information is considered propaganda.
During wartime, even school lessons can become propaganda.
Pro Tip 1/3Bias Awareness
Propaganda often supports one side. Be aware of underlying biases when you see or hear it.
The documentary was propaganda for the candidate, ignoring her faults.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Influence
Propaganda might appeal to emotions to persuade people, not just facts.
The poster used patriotic imagery as propaganda to stir pride.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Context
Understanding the culture helps to see why some information is considered propaganda.
During wartime, even school lessons can become propaganda.
Pro Tip 1/3Bias Awareness
Propaganda often supports one side. Be aware of underlying biases when you see or hear it.
The documentary was propaganda for the candidate, ignoring her faults.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Influence
Propaganda might appeal to emotions to persuade people, not just facts.
The poster used patriotic imagery as propaganda to stir pride.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Context
Understanding the culture helps to see why some information is considered propaganda.
During wartime, even school lessons can become propaganda.
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Inside the bizarre world...
Dumb skepticism. So we've ended up in this bizarre dynamic online, where some people see bigoted propaganda as being edgy or being dangerous and cool, and people see basic truth and human decency as pearl-clutching or virtue-signaling or just boring. And the social media algorithms, whether intentionally or not,
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Plato’s best (and worst)...
which determine our roles in life. Some thinkers have gone on to credit the idea of the noble lie as a prototype for 20th century propaganda, and the philosopher king as inspiration for the dictators that used them. Should a few bad ideas tarnish Plato's status as one of the greatest philosophers in history?
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A Black man goes...
and people seemed to be turning to me to articulate their viewpoints, and honestly, it was sort of overwhelming. You see, the internet has this interesting quality. In one way, it totally brought the world together, and I remember being a kid and all of this utopian propaganda was being dumped on us
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A Rare Look Into the...
It was this guy. Here he is smoking a cigar in the gym, helping pick the national basketball team. Dennis Rodman. I covered the spectacles and the propaganda. This was a mass synchronized swimming event for the birthday of the leader. They were swimming or dancing to a song
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How young people join...
to have nuptials out in the sunset. It's very romantic, and you become a hero. For both men and women, that's the propaganda being given. So what extremist groups are very good at is taking a very complicated, confusing, nuanced world
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Why nations should...
Because ultimately, that electoral outcome had nothing to do with the rest of the world. It was essentially India being itself. And ultimately, it seems to me, that always works better than propaganda.
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What it was like to grow...
I saw how their minds and hearts can be influenced by the propaganda, and how their willingness to make sacrifices for the greater good can be twisted into something very dark and tragic.
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Yuval Noah Harari...
life was very grim but when you looked at the propaganda posters on the walls that depicted the glorious future you were there you looked at the posters which showed
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How to seek truth in the...
And I refuse to be an accomplice to genocide. So there have always been these propaganda battles, and you were courageous in taking the stand you took back then.
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Art + activism =...
better world I was emotionally educated on those beliefs then I grew up and I saw the contradictions between the official Cuban propaganda and reality
Video examples
Inside the bizarre world...
Dumb skepticism. So we've ended up in this bizarre dynamic online, where some people see bigoted propaganda as being edgy or being dangerous and cool, and people see basic truth and human decency as pearl-clutching or virtue-signaling or just boring. And the social media algorithms, whether intentionally or not,
Video examples
Plato’s best (and worst)...
which determine our roles in life. Some thinkers have gone on to credit the idea of the noble lie as a prototype for 20th century propaganda, and the philosopher king as inspiration for the dictators that used them. Should a few bad ideas tarnish Plato's status as one of the greatest philosophers in history?
Video examples
A Black man goes...
and people seemed to be turning to me to articulate their viewpoints, and honestly, it was sort of overwhelming. You see, the internet has this interesting quality. In one way, it totally brought the world together, and I remember being a kid and all of this utopian propaganda was being dumped on us
Video examples
A Rare Look Into the...
It was this guy. Here he is smoking a cigar in the gym, helping pick the national basketball team. Dennis Rodman. I covered the spectacles and the propaganda. This was a mass synchronized swimming event for the birthday of the leader. They were swimming or dancing to a song
Video examples
How young people join...
to have nuptials out in the sunset. It's very romantic, and you become a hero. For both men and women, that's the propaganda being given. So what extremist groups are very good at is taking a very complicated, confusing, nuanced world
Video examples
Why nations should...
Because ultimately, that electoral outcome had nothing to do with the rest of the world. It was essentially India being itself. And ultimately, it seems to me, that always works better than propaganda.
Video examples
What it was like to grow...
I saw how their minds and hearts can be influenced by the propaganda, and how their willingness to make sacrifices for the greater good can be twisted into something very dark and tragic.
Video examples
Yuval Noah Harari...
life was very grim but when you looked at the propaganda posters on the walls that depicted the glorious future you were there you looked at the posters which showed
Video examples
How to seek truth in the...
And I refuse to be an accomplice to genocide. So there have always been these propaganda battles, and you were courageous in taking the stand you took back then.
Video examples
Art + activism =...
better world I was emotionally educated on those beliefs then I grew up and I saw the contradictions between the official Cuban propaganda and reality
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Hans Haacke
German Artist
Museums are managers of consciousness. They give us an interpretation of history, of how to view the world and locate ourselves in it. They are, if you want to put it in positive terms, great educational institutions. If you want to put it in negative terms, they are propaganda machines.
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Thomas Sowell
American Economist
If people in the media cannot decide whether they are in the business of reporting news or manufacturing propaganda, it is all the more important that the public understand that difference, and choose their news sources accordingly.
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John Amery
British Politician
For two years living in a neutral country I have been able to see through the haze of propaganda to reach something which my conscience tells me is the truth.
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Douglas MacArthur
American General
One cannot wage war under present conditions without the support of public opinion, which is tremendously molded by the press and other forms of propaganda.
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Junot Diaz
American Writer
Art is not boosterism, it's not propaganda, and it's not spin, but that's not something that art does, and nor has it historically ever done it.
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Harry Browne
American Writer
It is well known that in war, the first casualty is truth - that during any war truth is forsaken for propaganda.
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Hirokazu Kore-eda
Japanese Director
I have never made a film to praise or to criticize something. That kind of filmmaking is nothing but propaganda.
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Rita Mae Brown
American Writer
Moral passion without entertainment is propaganda, and entertainment without moral passion is television.
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Charles Lindbergh
American Aviator
In time of war, truth is always replaced by propaganda.
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Robert Capa
American Photographer
The truth is the best picture, the best propaganda.
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Hans Haacke
German Artist
Museums are managers of consciousness. They give us an interpretation of history, of how to view the world and locate ourselves in it. They are, if you want to put it in positive terms, great educational institutions. If you want to put it in negative terms, they are propaganda machines.
Quote examples
Thomas Sowell
American Economist
If people in the media cannot decide whether they are in the business of reporting news or manufacturing propaganda, it is all the more important that the public understand that difference, and choose their news sources accordingly.
Quote examples
John Amery
British Politician
For two years living in a neutral country I have been able to see through the haze of propaganda to reach something which my conscience tells me is the truth.
Quote examples
Douglas MacArthur
American General
One cannot wage war under present conditions without the support of public opinion, which is tremendously molded by the press and other forms of propaganda.
Quote examples
Junot Diaz
American Writer
Art is not boosterism, it's not propaganda, and it's not spin, but that's not something that art does, and nor has it historically ever done it.
Quote examples
Harry Browne
American Writer
It is well known that in war, the first casualty is truth - that during any war truth is forsaken for propaganda.
Quote examples
Hirokazu Kore-eda
Japanese Director
I have never made a film to praise or to criticize something. That kind of filmmaking is nothing but propaganda.
Quote examples
Rita Mae Brown
American Writer
Moral passion without entertainment is propaganda, and entertainment without moral passion is television.
Quote examples
Charles Lindbergh
American Aviator
In time of war, truth is always replaced by propaganda.
Quote examples
Robert Capa
American Photographer
The truth is the best picture, the best propaganda.
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