Cold War Propaganda

“Propaganda is the art of persuasion - persuading others that your 'side of the story' is correct. Propaganda might take the form of persuading others that your military might is too great to be challenged; that your political might within a nation is too great or popular to challenge etc.”

Propaganda is a word used for advertising, spreading ideas, and spreading opinions. There are many types of propaganda that everyone sees almost every day with many ways to show it, the bandwagon effect, the common folk, the name-calling, and many more. You see it as advertising for companies, or for politics. You see propaganda everywhere and may not even know it.

There are many different definitions of propaganda that people use. Propaganda is politicians deceiving the public into what the politicians want them to know or believe (Altschull). This definition is used to show how politicians can use propaganda. There are many ways to use propaganda. They are used to convince people to buy a certain product, to convince people to not buy a certain product, to convince a certain group of people to vote for a public office official, to convince a certain group of people not to vote for a public office official. All these examples show that people are trying to influence others into thinking what they believe.

A word propaganda has no any clearly definition however, it always tries to persuade a message and give specific influence to the targeted audience.

Propaganda has existed as a method of communication for a long time. It was originally a neutral term used to describe the dissemination of information in favor of any given cause. The redefinition implying its now negative connation arose because of the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany's admitted use of propaganda favoring communism and fascism respectively, in all forms of their public expression. Propaganda under this connation still exists, however it’s evolution over the centuries has ensured its survival in the most unassuming ways. This paper will highlight the definitions of propaganda, the uses of propaganda in history through religion, Nazi Germany and the Cold War; its reappearance after the 9/11 terrorist attacks

The term “propaganda” was first created by Pope Gregory XV and it was first used in Europe due to the missionary activities in the Catholic Church. . Propaganda is the spreading of ideas and information for the purpose of a cause. It is often used by politicians to make a claim and persuade the people to believe in them. Propaganda causes emotional thoughts which has a manipulating effect on the audience. Propaganda includes words, pictures, drawings, graphs,songs, and other devices to sway their audience.

Propaganda is information, which is a collection of techniques to channel the flow of information in populations for harmful or useful purposes. Propaganda uses all the media available to spread its message, such as press, radio, television, film, computers, fax machines, posters, meetings, door-to-door canvassing, handbills, buttons, billboards, speeches, flags, street names, monuments, coins, stamps, books, plays, comic strips, poetry, music, sporting events, and cultural events that we can see every day. For instance, in the past, propaganda is most evident in times of war as in the poster, it is constantly being used as a political and social means in even less obvious ways to influence people attitudes. This is currently evident with

Propaganda is used to promote a certain cause to a mass audience through mass media. Propaganda can be used to spread information for good or bad reasons and has been known to do both. The use of propaganda for bad reasons has caused many people to view it as a deceitful word, one that stretches the truth and blows things out of proportion to gain support--even though that is not always the case. For example, propaganda likes to use testimonials, glittering generalities, card stacking, and other techniques to present information in the best and most biased light (Ogelsbee, n.d.). The article “Defining Propaganda”(n.d.) explains that propaganda can spread its message through a variety of mediums such as pictures, drawings, exhibits, speeches, parades, songs, and so forth. It can present itself in such a way that the audience won’t even realize what it is, which can help with its effectiveness. Basically, this means “propaganda can be concealed or open.” It can also weasel its way into your life and leave a lasting emotional effect by using “a combination of emotional and logical appeals” (Defining Propaganda, n.d.). Propaganda typically appeals to emotion because it helps get a message across in a short amount of time and is the most effective. All of this means that propaganda can come in many different forms and can be adapted to fit pretty much any

Indeed, both authors agreed that propaganda is so effective because everybody is prone to it. Cross believe it is fundamental for the society to become knowledgeable about the strategies and practices of the propaganda “let us become informed about the methods and purposes of propaganda, so we can be the masters, not the slaves of our destiny.” (Cross 257). For example, the Vietnam war ended because people just went out and spoke against it. Even though, the government had overwhelmed propaganda for the war. And the people were able to turn the tie against the government desires.

Propaganda is a method of correspondence used to control or impact the feeling of groups to support a specific reason or conviction. Throughout the hundreds of years, purposeful propaganda has taken the type of craftsmanship, movies, discourses, and music, however it's not restricted to these types of correspondence. In spite of the fact that its utilization is not only negative propaganda all the time includes a substantial accentuation on the advantages and excellences of one thought or gathering, while all the while mutilating reality or stifling the counter-contention ( “What is Propaganda”).

Daniel Chandler and Rod Munday propaganda is “persuasive mass communication that filters and frames the issues of the day in a way that strongly favors particular interests; usually those of a government or corporation. Also, the intentional manipulation of public opinion through lies, half-truths, and the selective re-telling

Propaganda is spreading of information aimed at influencing people to think in a way and support a specific cause. The information spread through propaganda, can either be negative or positive just as the cause being supported may either be just or unjust. The term has a negative connotation, especially when used in political circles to refer to the rumors and lies politicians tell electorates to turn them against other politicians, governments or so that they end up being voted into office (Trueman). Everyone is susceptible to the influence of propaganda. However, its impact is more pronounced among the youth and the less educated as compared to the older generation and scholars. Propaganda has existed for as long as the beginning of

Propaganda is found in most everything that we view on television and read in the paper.   It is a very effective way for marketing to get customers to try their products.  Propaganda is defined as “Information and opinions spread to influence people in favor of or against some doctrine or idea.”  Propaganda has been around for a long time, going back to ancient Greece.  It was created to aim at “propagating” the Catholic faith in non-Catholic countries.  It is hidden in the journalism that we read so that we may be persuaded to think like the writer.  The purpose of propaganda is to persuade people to buy or like their product.

Propaganda is a means to persuade and guide societal thoughts and has been used for decades to influence the thoughts, opinions and behaviours of individual. Propaganda is often thought of as negative, controlling and carries a very negative rep, however, according to Baines and O’Shaughnessy (2014), propaganda is described as being simple and informative. Though they do state that this is not the case with all forms of propaganda, the intention of propaganda is to create a universal idea that people believe (p. 2). These messages are not based on truths; rather they are more concerned with presenting an argument that is one sided and influencing. Baines and O’Shaughnessy also offer that the means by which messages are conveyed is based on the category of propaganda (p. 3). For example, when the aim of the message is to create a more informed society, the propagandist message is filled with truth and rectification of untrue ideas, which is termed propaganda of enlightenment (p. 3). Contrastingly, when the intention is to create a feeling of despair, fear and support, propaganda of despair and atrocity is conveyed (p. 3). Propaganda of atrocity, as termed by Baines and O’Shaughnessy is when horrific images of an enemy’s behaviour are used as a means to gain support and sympathy from society towards those who have created the propaganda (p. 3).

The primary functions of propaganda, according to Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf, is to gain the attention of the masses by proposing certain facts, processes, and necessities. In Hitler’s Mein Kampf, he states that propaganda must be popular and its intellectual level must be adjusted to the masses that it intends to reach (Hitler, Mein Kampf). While advertising for the message to be successful, the message must achieve through adaptable, consistent messages. Entertainment, broadcast, and the Bible are examples of propaganda which utilizes techniques for a purpose to affect people’s opinions.