Two def'ns (both, I think, more useful) from Linebarger's Pyschological Warfare (1958): ...propaganda may be defined as follows: Propaganda consists of the pla

Two def'ns (both, I think, more useful) from Linebarger's Pyschological Warfare (1958): ...propaganda may be defined as follows: Propaganda consists of the planned use of any form of communication designed to affect the minds, emotions, and action of a given group for a specific purpose. This may be called the broad definition, since it would include an appeal to buy Antident toothpaste, to believe in the theological principle of complete immersion, to buy flowers for Uncles on Uncles' Day, to slap the Japs, to fight fascism at home, or to smell nice under the arms. All of this is propaganda, by the broad definition. Since War and Navy Department usage never put the Corps of Chaplains, the PX system, the safety campaigns, or the anti-VD announcements under the rubric of propaganda, it might be desirable to narrow down the definition to exclude those forms of propaganda designed to effect private or nonpolitical purposes, and make the definition read: Propaganda consists of the planned use of any form of public or mass-produced communication designed to affect the minds and emotions of a given group for a specific public purpose, whether military, economic, or political. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/48612/48612-h/48612-h.htm#Page_38 https://www.gutenberg.org/files/48612/48612-h/48612-h.htm#Pa...