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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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Trump’s Coronavirus response is the world’s worst. https://t.co/VOfEYqJT8E

— LiA (@LibsInAmerica) April 3, 2020
Trump Golf Corona
COVID-19 Information
Car Companies Helping with Corona Virus
Trump science
Trump Science

Fox News cuts coverage the second the President’s answer devolves into a rant about ratings and The Bachelor. They cut audio until he’s done talking pic.twitter.com/nygvqUtlLL

— Acyn (@Acyn) March 29, 2020
Trump Talk
Chinese economy
Chinese Economy
Covid19
Poster for COVID19 Prevention
queen corona
Queen Coronavirus
they lied
They Lied
Exponential Threat: Donald Trump on the Coronavirus
zdjęcie R. Terleckiego odpowiadającego na pytanie dziennikarki TVN24
Terlecki do dziennikarki TVN: Jesteśmy w polskim parlamencie, nie w Bundestagu!
The Politics of Pandemic
Stop Hoarding
Stop Hoarding

Katie Porter's sister, a doctor, is breaking down how staying in can save lives during the COVID-19 crisis pic.twitter.com/9q7MpbpES8

— NowThis Impact (@nowthisimpact) March 21, 2020
Coming Together for the Common Good
Trump Optimism
Age of Coronavirus Victims
CDC Advice

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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