Propaganda
- Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.
Example of Propaganda back then
Propaganda was used by Adolf Hitler, Germany's president and chancellor from 1934 to 1945. Hitler used propaganda to convince his country of national socialism ideals. Ultimately, this resulted in Hitler being the leader of the genocide of the Jews, which is officially known as the Holocaust.
This is one of the propaganda signs that was used during Hitler's reign, and it is now at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This is a poster of a stereotyped jew. The caption reads, "Behind the enemy powers: the jew".
Hitler wrote a book and in his own words, he said propaganda was: "The function of propaganda is, for example, not to weigh and ponder the rights of different people, but exclusively to emphasize the one right which it has set out to argue for. Its task is not to make an objective study of the truth, in so far as it favors the enemy, and then set it before the masses with academic fairness; its task is to serve our own right, always and unflinchingly"(Hitler, Ch V1).
Example of Propaganda now
Today, advertising is considered to be propaganda.
- The activity or profession of producing advertisements for commercial products or services.
Any brand that is promoting their product over another brand's product is considered to be propaganda. Whether it's in a newspaper, a magazine, on a poster, billboard, or even a tv commercial it is considered to be propaganda.
This is a poster with Michelle Obama's face photoshopped into it. This poster is considered to be political propaganda, as she was the First Lady from the years of 2008-2016.
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