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Advertising has its place. I assert: "In a democracy, news is the information that people need to participate meaningfully in the growth and success of their d
by heresie-dabord 4y ago
Advertising has its place. I assert:
"In a democracy, news is the information that people need to participate meaningfully in the growth and success of their democracy. Everything else is pandering and propaganda."
At its best, advertising does not undermine democracy.
- pnt12 4y agoAdvertising is propaganda. Some frame it as informational, but advertisers don't just announce items with their kits of pros and cons. They make a story which manipulates your feelings into buying their stuff.
- tremon 4y agoStop destroying words. No, advertising is not propaganda, unless you have a 5-year old's capacity for nuance.
- pnt12 4y agoAccording to the Cambridge dictionary, propaganda is: > information, ideas, opinions, or images, often only giving one part of an argument, that are broadcast, published, or in some other way spread with the intention of influencing people's opinions Its examples are indeed only about political propaganda, but the definition fits like a glove for ads: they want to influence people's opinions such that they buy their stuff! So I'm confident and happy to say no words were destroyed in the writing of this post!