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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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Depicting an anti-laxer along side the grim reaper to align being anti-lax with death
Anti-vax and the grim reaper
Image that depicts Mitch McConnell as a wizard creating the potion of the Republican health care plan behind America's back.
Mitch McConnell
Cartoon of anti-masker not wearing seatbelt and dying because he did not want to do something that is intended to keep him safe like wearing a mask is.
Masking Is Against My Rights Cartoon
"Get the vaccine to save lives"
COVID-19 vaccination campaign
"Your army needs YOU"
Army recruitment campaign
"Preborn babies feel pain, say NO to abortion"
Pro-life campaign
Magazine Cover
Star Celebrity Magazine - 'Divorce Shocker'
"I can't believe this country hates women more than it loves guns"
"I can't believe this country hates women more than it loves guns"
We Won't Go Back
We Won't Go Back
Vaccine vs. War
Vaccine vs. War
Xinnie the Pooh
Xi Jinping as Winnie the Pooh
Lockdown Protests Risking Health and Slowing Down the U.S. Economy Reopening
The Protestors
Woman standing next to her only home
Atlantic cover photo for their article on tent cities
What Social Media Actually Does
As Long as you Tweet, we Can't Fail!
Romney Campaign Ad against Obama regarding coal mining
Brian Moore's WWIII Propaganda Posters
War of the Future

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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