We’ve discussed quite a few examples of propaganda in this blog post that are used by advertisers.
But that’s not the only form of media content people employ that makes use of propaganda techniques for their gain. And this gain can be in the form of personal, financial, and political benefits among many other things.
Here are some such propaganda technique examples in the media today:
- Politicians painting a wonderful picture of the world as a result of their policies, leading to the audience actually correlating the positive effects to the policies without any proof of their effectiveness
- News channels giving coverage to one point of view while partially or completely ignoring the other (the topic of discussion doesn’t matter here – this happens across the board)
- Influential individuals playing the part of the “common man” in an attempt to have more and more people relate with them and potentially follow in their footsteps.
- Creating a negative image of the opponent in the minds of the audience through obvious and discrete means
The use of terms that can have more than one meaning, although the propagandist knows which meaning the public will likely take. This helps one achieve their goals but maintain their neutrality and innocence by clarifying that “this is what they actually meant when they said that.”