propaganda



Introduction

Why think about propaganda?

The Institute for Propaganda Analysis

Common techniques

Word games

Name-calling

Glittering generalities

Euphemisms

False connections

Transfer

Testimonial

Special Appeals

Plain Folks

Bandwagon

Fear

Logical fallacies

Bad Logic or propaganda?

Unwarranted extrapolation


Wartime propaganda

World War I

The drift towards war

The Committee on Public Information

Demons, atrocities, and lies

Post-war propaganda

Examples

America First Party

Anti-American propaganda from Afghanistan

Enron Corporation

International Workers Organization

John Birch Society

Maoist International Movement

Newt Gingrich

Gingrich's glittering generalities

Newt's name-calling words

Office of Strategic Information