Propaganda Essay

Propaganda is a way of luring people into supporting a cause by presenting selective opinions and facts, some which may be false, to have an emotional response on them in order for them to believe what is being said. Propaganda is a modern Latin word which means to propagate or spread, which was originally obtained from a Catholic Church created in 1622, called the Congregatio de Propaganda Fide. The aim of this church was to spread the Catholic Faith in the non-Catholic areas of the world. Defining propaganda is a bit hard and has always been a problem. The main difficulty is differentiating propaganda from other types of persuasion. A propaganda organization is a group of people who engage in the act of propagandism via mass and direct media channels. It …show more content…
Propaganda can also be defined as either black, white, or grey. According to a historian, white propaganda openly reveals its source, black propaganda is to be published by an enemy or someone to do with its actual origins, and grey propaganda never reveals its source. They all shares techniques with advertising and public relations. After World War 2, the word propaganda was being referred to more when it came to political uses or to the promotion of a set of ideas. It is actually more common in political contexts, especially in when discussing wars or ideas on how to make people believe and follow a specific political party. The film ‘American Sniper’ was also said to be part of this propaganda on how the americans were always the victims of war, although that is not particularly shown in the film. That is a good example on how people change and play with information in order to set people’s brains onto the same track they are trying to construct. Another film can be the ‘Passion of the Christ’. That also got many critical analyses based on whether Mel Gibson was trying to get involved in the propaganda