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propaganda techniques

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    Technique: Activate Strong Emotions

    Propaganda plays on human emotions—fear, hope, anger, frustration, sympathy—to direct audiences toward the desired goal. In the deepest sense, propaganda is a mind game — the skillful propagandist exploits people’s fears and prejudices. Successful propaga

    attack opponents

    Technique: Attack Opponents

    Propaganda can serve as a form of political and social warfare to identify and vilify opponents. It can call into question the legitimacy, credibility, accuracy, and even the character of one’s opponents and their ideas.

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    Technique: Respond to Audience Needs & Values

    Effective propaganda conveys messages, themes, and language that appeal directly, and many times exclusively, to specific and distinct groups within a population. Propagandists may appeal to you as a member of a family, or your racial or ethnic identity,

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    Technique: Simplify Information

    Propaganda may use accurate and truthful information, or half-truths, opinions, lies and falsehoods. Successful propaganda tells simple stories that are familiar and trusted, often using metaphors, imagery and repetition to make them seem natural or "true

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NEINcarnation
NEINcarnation
"This Whole Thing is a Con:" Whitehouse Roasts Republican Budget Lies
100 Days, Promises Made, Promises Kept
Language as propaganda
Reframing
JD Vance Eyeliner
Made in China
Open Your World
Trump pin
Gold Trump Pin
Learn about it
strong Enough
I killed the pope
I Killed the Pope
Presidency
"presidency"
Trump Hitler Comparison 2
Trump Hitler
Call
Call
Shooting
Shooting
Eat A Swede
Am I a Bad Person?
Fake Game Apps

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The Mind Over Media platform enables users to share examples of contemporary propaganda for educational purposes using crowdsourcing. Anyone can upload an example of propaganda and comment on it, considering its potential impact on public opinion. The translations and adaptations of this platform have been co-financed by European Commission Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology as part of the Pilot Project – Media Literacy For All Grant agreement no LC-00644630