Isn’t propaganda just a form of persuasion? What about propaganda separates it from advertising or interpersonal communication?

Edit: Not all propaganda involves lying. For some reason, we seem to be more comfortable with a person lying to us than we are with viewing a propaganda poster that uses verifiable facts.

Edit 2: Another interesting note is that in some countries, propaganda is not viewed negatively like it is in English speaking countries.

  • los_chillEnglish
    242·
    11 months ago

    Misinformation is bad for both the population and for journalism. If it was true, honest reporting, it wouldn’t be “propaganda”. It’s in the definition.

    • Sorgan71@lemmy.world
      2·
      11 months ago

      not true, plenty of propaganda is about true things. Plenty of allied propagands during ww2 describes very real and negative truths about the axis powers. That does not make it not propaganda.