> Advertising (whether it uses tracking or not) can be defined as the intention of convincing someone rather than providing information. Intent is to convince.

> Advertising (whether it uses tracking or not) can be defined as the intention of convincing someone rather than providing information. Intent is to convince. PROPOGANDA. This is pointless moralizing pretending to be clarifying or demarcating. If I write an essay about climate change to convince you to vote/protest/purchase/boycott <anything> then I will use information to create an opinion in you. All communication exists to alter the experiences of your interlocutors. You can't hide behind "good intentions" to demarcate. Labelling persuasion as propaganda, is itself propaganda.