Physical Media
This format, often used in WWI/WWII posters, relied on bold visuals to recruit or persuade.
What are Posters
This medium allowed propaganda to reach people in their homes in "real time" for the first time.
What is the Radio?
These automated accounts are used to spread messages rapidly across social platforms today.
What are bots?
This term, coined by Lenin, combines "propaganda" for the educated and "agitation" for the uneducated.
What is Agitprop?
These "moving pictures" were shown in theaters to build national pride during the World Wars.
What are Films
This visual invention made it harder for audiences to distinguish "news" from "persuasion.
What is Television?
Modern digital propaganda is often ______ to specific audiences based on their data.
What is targeted (personalized)?
This concept refers to how much a receiver trusts a speaker to be telling the truth and to be well-intentioned.
What is Source Credibility?
This 19th-century printing advancement allowed for the mass production of the posters
What is Lithography?
This era of media was allowing one source to impact an entire nation at once.
What is Centralized Influence?
The term for "fake" or misleading information designed to spread rapidly in digital spaces.
What is disinformation?
This "prewar" use of propaganda aims to confuse or demoralize enemy populations and troops.
What is psychological warfare?
Aside from posters, this print medium was the primary way governments spread information early on.
What are Newspapers?
Unlike posters, ___________ allowed propaganda to spread worldwide.
What is Broadcast Media?
This phenomenon occurs when algorithms only show users content that aligns with their beliefs.
What are Echo Chambers?
This intensive form of political indoctrination often involves isolating a person to reduce their resistance.
What is Brainwashing?