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Propaganda can have a rather neutral definition. US Army ads are definitely propaganda. NASA posters are more of a form of marketing and self promotion. I do

Propaganda can have a rather neutral definition. US Army ads are definitely propaganda. NASA posters are more of a form of marketing and self promotion. I don't think I've ever seen an agricultural statistics leaflet. But if you go to a public health clinic, you will see lots of propaganda about smoking, well care visits for infants, vaccines, STDs, etc. There is tons of propaganda in the US, much of it put out by 3rd parties, for example anything to promote "awareness" of some cause or issue. Also, any issue-oriented documentary is probably propaganda.

StavrosK 8y ago
Is it propaganda because of who pays for it? If I had paid to produce and distribute the leaflet that public health clinics do, would that be not-propaganda just because it's not state-produced?
- cat199 8y ago
  Let's see what the dictionary has to say: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/propaganda https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/propaganda 1 capitalized : a congregation of the Roman curia having jurisdiction over missionary territories and related institutions 2 : the spreading of ideas, information, or rumor for the purpose of helping or injuring an institution, a cause, or a person 3 : ideas, facts, or allegations spread deliberately to further one's cause or to damage an opposing cause also : a public action having such an effect so.. quite a few things are propaganda. it's not really so scary a term, and so being not so scary, we can see it more clearly and not be afraid of labeling it. the question is more "is this good propaganda or bad propganda?"
  - StavrosK 8y ago
    It's neither. It's space-agency marketing.
    - cat199 8y ago
      soo, you're saying it's "the spreading of ideas, information, or rumor for the purpose of helping an institution"?
      - StavrosK 8y ago
        Exactly, just like these propaganda posters: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/visions-of-the-future/ https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/visions-of-the-future/
- projektfu 8y ago
  I think I mentioned nonstate producers of propaganda, calling them third party

StavrosK 8y ago

Is it propaganda because of who pays for it? If I had paid to produce and distribute the leaflet that public health clinics do, would that be not-propaganda just because it's not state-produced?

cat199 8y ago
Let's see what the dictionary has to say: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/propaganda https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/propaganda 1 capitalized : a congregation of the Roman curia having jurisdiction over missionary territories and related institutions 2 : the spreading of ideas, information, or rumor for the purpose of helping or injuring an institution, a cause, or a person 3 : ideas, facts, or allegations spread deliberately to further one's cause or to damage an opposing cause also : a public action having such an effect so.. quite a few things are propaganda. it's not really so scary a term, and so being not so scary, we can see it more clearly and not be afraid of labeling it. the question is more "is this good propaganda or bad propganda?"
- StavrosK 8y ago
  It's neither. It's space-agency marketing.
  - cat199 8y ago
    soo, you're saying it's "the spreading of ideas, information, or rumor for the purpose of helping an institution"?
    - StavrosK 8y ago
      Exactly, just like these propaganda posters: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/visions-of-the-future/ https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/visions-of-the-future/
projektfu 8y ago
I think I mentioned nonstate producers of propaganda, calling them third party