What (who) is Propagandism - definition
![A propaganda newspaper clipping that refers to the [[Bataan Death March]] in 1942](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Anti-Japan2.png?width=200 "A propaganda newspaper clipping that refers to the [[Bataan Death March]] in 1942")
![Anti-capitalist]] propaganda (1911 [[Industrial Workers of the World]] poster)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Anti-capitalism color.gif?width=200 "Anti-capitalist]] propaganda (1911 [[Industrial Workers of the World]] poster)")
![anti-Japanese imagery]] to encourage Americans to work hard to contribute to the war effort](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/AntiJapanesePropagandaTakeDayOff.png?width=200 "anti-Japanese imagery]] to encourage Americans to work hard to contribute to the war effort")
![Britannia]] arm-in-arm with [[Uncle Sam]] symbolizes the British-American alliance in World War I.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Britannia.jpg?width=200 "Britannia]] arm-in-arm with [[Uncle Sam]] symbolizes the British-American alliance in World War I.")
![Worms]], Germany, 1935](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bundesarchiv Bild 133-075, Worms, Antisemitische Presse, "Stürmerkasten".jpg?width=200 "Worms]], Germany, 1935")
![emotive and loaded language]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kozera DTV.jpg?width=200 "emotive and loaded language]].")
![Reds]] to surrender during the [[Finnish Civil War]]. [''To the residents and troops of [[Tampere]]! Resistance is hopeless. Raise the [[white flag]] and surrender. The blood of the citizen has been shed enough. We will not kill like the Reds kill their prisoners. Send your representative with a white flag.]''](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LeafletToTampere1918.jpg?width=200 "Reds]] to surrender during the [[Finnish Civil War]]. [''To the residents and troops of [[Tampere]]! Resistance is hopeless. Raise the [[white flag]] and surrender. The blood of the citizen has been shed enough. We will not kill like the Reds kill their prisoners. Send your representative with a white flag.]''")
.jpg?width=200 "Poster in a North Korean primary school targeting the United States military. The Korean text reads: \"Are you playing the game of catching these guys?\".")
![Scandinavist]] movement](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Skandinavism.jpg?width=200 "Scandinavist]] movement")
Wikipedia
Propaganda is communication that is primarily used to influence or persuade an audience to further an agenda, which may not be objective and may be selectively presenting facts to encourage a particular synthesis or perception, or using loaded language to produce an emotional rather than a rational response to the information that is being presented. Propaganda can be found in a wide variety of different contexts.
In the 20th century, the English term propaganda was often associated with a manipulative approach, but historically, propaganda has been a neutral descriptive term of any material that promotes certain opinions or ideologies. Equivalent non-English terms have also largely retained the original neutral connotation.
A wide range of materials and media are used for conveying propaganda messages, which changed as new technologies were invented, including paintings, cartoons, posters, pamphlets, films, radio shows, TV shows, and websites. More recently, the digital age has given rise to new ways of disseminating propaganda, for example, bots and algorithms are currently being used to create computational propaganda and fake or biased news and spread it on social media.
