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Propaganda doesn't need to be untrue. Though this is a US site, and Wired is a US magazine, and the US seem to have something against Iran (or it's nuclear pro
by hmottestad 14y ago
Propaganda doesn't need to be untrue.
Though this is a US site, and Wired is a US magazine, and the US seem to have something against Iran (or it's nuclear program anyway). You would be hard pressed to find many pro-Iran articles.
- VMG 14y ago> Propaganda doesn't need to be untrue. So where is the difference between propaganda and reporting?
- lazugod 14y agoPropoganda would be to always report on Iran in such negative contexts as CIA espionage and UN sanctions, and never report directly on its innovations or ongoings. Lying by omission, basically. I don't read Wired enough to know if this is the case.
- rmc 14y agoUsually focus, (only focus on the negative of one side, or the positive of another), or omitting certain facts.
- EliRivers 14y agoPropaganda involves a deliberate attempt to provoke a desired emotional reaction. As a rough rule of thumb, if the author seeks to make you feel rather than think, it's propaganda. This is generally done with techniques such as distortion of facts, omission of truths, caricatured images, extreme simplification of complex situations and so forth. Contrary to some opinions, propaganda is not just about making you dislike someone or something else. Montages of your own people/accomplishments/military force, accompanied by stirring music, for example, is propaganda.