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propaganda techniques

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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,

    simplify ideas

    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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How to spot a communist
A Mcdonald's ad
Big. Beffy. Bliss.
protesters holding up a sign saying "God created them MALE & FEMALE (gen. 5:2). Stop the ravages of the transgender ideology"
anti-trans group protest
Image showing text that says "Working out is deeply fatphobic. Imagine hating fat people so much that you put effort into not looking like them. ABSOLUTE SHAME ON YOU IF YOU WORK OUT." Then underneath this image it shows a muscular man running with the text "me on my way to be fatphobic" underneath.
Working out is fatphobic
Affordable vanities ??
Affordable Vanities?
Affordable vanities ??
Affordable Vanities?
Cheaper vanaties ??
Vanity for sale
Screenshot of a news article from Fox News, titled "These top colleges scam you and your kids as woke insanity soars"
Fox News believes colleges are scamming people, due to creating "woke" propaganda
"Do your part to keep America safe--Wear A Mask" "Will You Bring The Virus into Your Community? WEAR A MASK!"
Covid Propaganda
Commission pulls plug on 'racist', 'sexist' propaganda video
A website being promoted on TikTok is saying that they are selling their vanities at a reasonable price!!
Cute vanity for cheap!!
I am your god
I am your god.
Left Behind
Left Behind Meme - Khari Mitchell
Two genders
Two Genders
Immigrants
Thanks Democrats
Systematic racism
Systematic Racism

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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