Propaganda - Blog #10

From one of the presentations I learned about the concept of Propaganda, which is the dissemination of information to influence the public opinion. This can happen a lot through the media when they provide their audience arguments, facts, stories, rumors, or lies. These can be visually displayed through symbols, words, objects, pictures, and flags. The purpose of this concept is to convince masses of people to think of something in a certain way. One of the examples that were given was the Nazi salute and the correlation to the Swastika. This was a good representation because everyone thinks the same way that these two words are bad. This causes people to think one common thought that is all relatively the same. The implications of Propaganda is that there is a stigma, which can be considered good or bad. Although  propaganda can lead to people thinking one thought that may be bad or even false, there are still beneficial changes. A few more of the examples that were given were the propaganda that is set out to leave people thinking that drunk driving, smoking, and drug use is bad and could have severe consequences. In my personal opinion, I believe that Propaganda can be used for good through the examples previously given. It should only be used for the good of the people for beneficial changes. It should not be taken advantage of to spread lies and influence people to do bad things that could negatively affect society such as promoting drug use or underage drinking. Social media could also have an impact on spreading Propagandas. 

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