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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,

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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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Waldo's Watching You
Waldo's Watching

Asielzoeker redt portemonnee uit snikhete auto.
Verblijfsvergunning gloort ! 🤣 pic.twitter.com/PToiDv0uGp

— Harry Pater (@HarryPater62) June 2, 2018
Visuele mop over asielzoeker
Ammosexuals
Ammosexuals
Alice Weidel AfD German Political Ad
Paid Actors Support Power Plant at City Hall Meeting
Paid Actors Support Power Plant at City Hall Meeting
Mirror Messages: Self-Esteem
Mirror Messages: Self-Esteem
Guns as Teaching Tools
Guns as Teaching Tools
Tourist in North Korea
Superman Joins the Army
Superman Joins the Army
"The 99" - Religious Superheroes
"The 99" - Religious Superheroes
All Together for Citizens of The Netherlands
All Together for Citizens of The Netherlands
Putin and Trump LGBT Mural
Putin and Trump LGBT Mural
Artist as Propagandist
1946 Vote Belgian Socialist Party (BSP) Poster
1946 Vote Belgian Socialist Party (BSP) Poster
Rural Life TV
Rural Life TV
Arabs Throwing Stones
Arabs Throwing Stones

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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