What is Propaganda? • Propaganda is an attempt by the government to persuade its people to think in a certain way or believe something. • Sometimes it can be positive, sometimes it can be negative. • Propaganda plays on people’s emotions, fears, anxieties, worries. • Propaganda can be based on truth, half truth or complete lies. It can exaggerate too! • Propaganda is always biased and one sided
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What is Propaganda? Propaganda is an attempt by the government to persuade its people to think in a certain way or believe something. Sometimes it can.
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What is Propaganda?• Propaganda is an attempt by the government to
persuade its people to think in a certain way or believe something.
• Sometimes it can be positive, sometimes it can be negative.
• Propaganda plays on people’s emotions, fears, anxieties, worries.
• Propaganda can be based on truth, half truth or complete lies. It can exaggerate too!