Propaganda Communication

A Propaganda Communication is a persuasive communication that is aimed towards influencing the attitude of a population toward some cause or position through propaganda techniques.

• AKA: Propaganda.
• Context:
  • It can typically employ Emotional Appeal through propaganda rhetoric, propaganda imagery, and propaganda framing.
  • It can typically target Mass Audience through propaganda channels, propaganda mediums, and propaganda platforms.
  • It can typically present Selective Information through propaganda fact selection, propaganda omissions, and propaganda emphasis.
  • It can typically utilize Psychological Technique through propaganda methods, propaganda approaches, and propaganda tactics.
  • It can typically shape Target Audience Belief through propaganda messages, propaganda symbols, and propaganda narratives.
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  • It can often advance Specific Agenda through propaganda campaigns, propaganda strategies, and propaganda operations.
  • It can often leverage Social Influence Mechanism through propaganda conformity pressure, propaganda authority appeals, and propaganda peer influences.
  • It can often contain Propaganda Stories that propaganda communicators want target audiences to believe.
  • It can often produce Emotional Response rather than rational responses through propaganda loaded language and propaganda loaded messages.
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  • It can range from being a Subtle Propaganda Communication to being an Overt Propaganda Communication, depending on its propaganda communication transparency level.
  • It can range from being a Positive Propaganda Communication to being a Manipulative Propaganda Communication, depending on its propaganda communication ethical stance.
  • It can range from being a Single-Issue Propaganda Communication to being a Comprehensive Propaganda Communication, depending on its propaganda communication scope.
  • It can range from being a Grassroots Propaganda Communication to being a State-Sponsored Propaganda Communication, depending on its propaganda communication source type.
  • It can range from being a Domestic Propaganda Communication to being a International Propaganda Communication, depending on its propaganda communication geographic target.
  • It can range from being a Traditional Media Propaganda Communication to being a Digital Platform Propaganda Communication, depending on its propaganda communication distribution channel.
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  • It can serve Political Purposes through propaganda political mobilization.
  • It can serve Commercial Purposes through propaganda consumer persuasion.
  • It can serve Religious Purposes through propaganda belief propagation.
  • It can serve Social Movement Purposes through propaganda cause advancement.
  • It can serve Military Purposes through propaganda enemy demonization.
  • It can facilitate Disinformation Spread through propaganda false narratives.
  • It can undermine Critical Thinking through propaganda cognitive manipulation.
  • It can exploit Group Psychology through propaganda mass psychology techniques.
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• Examples:
  • Ancient Propaganda Communications, such as:
    • Egyptian Propaganda Communications, such as:
      • Ramesses II Battle of Kadesh Propaganda Communication (c. 1274 BCE) demonstrating propaganda military victory exaggeration.
      • Pharaonic Monument Propaganda Communications demonstrating propaganda divine authority establishment.
    • Roman Propaganda Communications, such as:
      • Augustus Res Gestae Propaganda Communication (14 CE) demonstrating propaganda imperial legitimacy building.
      • Roman Coin Propaganda Communications demonstrating propaganda imperial message distribution.
      • Virgil's Aeneid Propaganda Communication (19 BCE) demonstrating propaganda cultural narrative creation.
    • Ancient Chinese Propaganda Communications, such as:
      • Qin Dynasty Propaganda Communications demonstrating propaganda imperial unification messaging.
      • Confucian Text Propaganda Communications demonstrating propaganda social order reinforcement.
  • Religious Propaganda Communications, such as:
    • Medieval Religious Propaganda Communications, such as:
      • Crusade Propaganda Communications demonstrating propaganda holy war justification.
      • Inquisition Propaganda Communications demonstrating propaganda heresy demonization.
    • Reformation Propaganda Communications, such as:
      • Luther's Pamphlet Propaganda Communications demonstrating propaganda religious reform advocacy.
      • Counter-Reformation Propaganda Communications demonstrating propaganda Catholic authority restoration.
    • Modern Religious Propaganda Communications, such as:
      • Evangelical Propaganda Communications demonstrating propaganda conversion techniques.
      • Fundamentalist Propaganda Communications demonstrating propaganda orthodoxy enforcement.
      • Missionary Propaganda Communications demonstrating propaganda belief system spreading.
  • Propaganda Communication Technique Types, such as:
    • Namecalling Propaganda Communications demonstrating propaganda labeling techniques.
    • Testimonial Propaganda Communications demonstrating propaganda endorsement techniques.
    • Plain Folks Propaganda Communications demonstrating propaganda relatability techniques.
    • Bandwagon Propaganda Communications demonstrating propaganda conformity pressure techniques.
    • Card-Stacking Propaganda Communications demonstrating propaganda selective evidence techniques.
  • State Propaganda Communications, such as:
    • Wartime Propaganda Communications, such as:
      • World War I Propaganda Communications demonstrating propaganda mobilization techniques.
      • World War II Propaganda Communications demonstrating propaganda demonization techniques.
      • Cold War Propaganda Communications demonstrating propaganda ideological framing.
    • Authoritarian Propaganda Communications, such as:
      • Nazi Germany Propaganda Communication (1933-1945) demonstrating propaganda totalitarian control.
      • Soviet Propaganda Communications demonstrating propaganda communist ideology promotion.
      • Totalitarian Propaganda Communications demonstrating propaganda personality cults.
  • Political Propaganda Communications, such as:
    • Electoral Propaganda Communications demonstrating propaganda voter persuasion.
    • Revolutionary Propaganda Communications demonstrating propaganda regime change advocacy.
    • Nationalist Propaganda Communications demonstrating propaganda patriotic mobilization.
  • Commercial Propaganda Communications, such as:
    • Early Advertising Propaganda Communications demonstrating propaganda consumer manipulation.
    • Corporate Propaganda Communications demonstrating propaganda brand building.
    • Industry Propaganda Communications demonstrating propaganda sector promotion.
  • Social Movement Propaganda Communications, such as:
    • Abolitionist Propaganda Communications demonstrating propaganda moral cause advancement.
    • Suffragette Propaganda Communications demonstrating propaganda political rights advocacy.
    • Civil Rights Propaganda Communications demonstrating propaganda equality promotion.
  • Positive Use Propaganda Communications, such as:
    • Public Health Propaganda Communications demonstrating propaganda health behavior promotion.
    • War Bond Propaganda Communications demonstrating propaganda civic duty encouragement.
    • Environmental Awareness Propaganda Communications demonstrating propaganda conservation behavior promotion.
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• Counter-Examples:
  • Scientific Method, which lacks propaganda predetermined conclusions.
  • Objective News Reporting, which lacks propaganda systematic bias.
  • Academic Discourse, which lacks propaganda manipulative intent.
  • Transparent Advocacy, which lacks propaganda deceptive techniques.
  • Factual Information Dissemination, which lacks propaganda emotional manipulation.
• See: Mass Advertising, Advertisement, Social Influence, Objectivity (Journalism), Lying by Omission, Loaded Language, Jingoistic, Act of Persuasion, Deception Attempt, Deceptive Proposition, Speaking Truth to Power, Choice from Deception, Conspiracy Fiction Genre, Ethnic Cleansing Program, Manufacturing Consent, Logical Fallacy Pattern, Disinformation Program, Totalitarianism, Disinformation Item, Content Moderation Process, Conspiracy Theory.

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References

2025-06-05

• https://chatgpt.com/share/684125fb-b4e8-8012-b9a7-7d2c9242431c

2014

• (Wikipedia, 2014) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda Retrieved:2014-10-25.
  • Propaganda is a form of communication aimed towards influencing the attitude of a population toward some cause or position.

    Propaganda is information that is not impartial and used primarily to influence an audience and further an agenda, often by presenting facts selectively (thus possibly lying by omission) to encourage a particular synthesis, or using loaded messages to produce an emotional rather than rational response to the information presented. Propaganda can be used as a form of ideological or commercial warfare.

    While the term propaganda has acquired a strongly negative connotation by association with its most manipulative and jingoistic examples, propaganda in its original sense was neutral, and could refer to uses that were generally positive, such as public health recommendations, signs encouraging citizens to participate in a census or election, or messages encouraging persons to report crimes to law enforcement, among others.

1988

• (Herman & Chomsky, 1988) ⇒ Edward S. Herman, and Noam Chomsky. (1988). “Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media." Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. ISBN:9780307801623

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