Propaganda is mostly known by its use in war posters, but originally it is a form of influencing the attitude of the community toward some cause or position by presenting only one side of an argument. Propaganda statements may be partly false and partly true. Propaganda is usually repeated and dispersed over a wide variety of media in order to create the chosen result in audience attitudes.
Propaganda is an age old recipe towards influencing the public opinion. Even though this is done in many different ways and is usually related to communism and war, today's society is also being influenced. Think about current wars, politcal parties trying to win votes and advertisement. To take a deeper look in to the articles in this magazine, we have to look at where propaganda started and what were the major historical events in the propaganda approach?
In 522 BC the first form of propaganda was discovered and was the Behistun Inscription on a mountain located in Iran. This inscription told the tale of Darius the Great and his rule over the persian empire.
1517 - The Reformation. During the 16th century propaganda was used to spread the influence of the Protestant church in countries dominated by the Catholic Church. Because of propganda and press many people were reached which led to many wars in the northern parts of Europe.
1805 - the painting 'Napoleon Crossing the Alps'. Napoleon is pictured on a stalion horse. But, in reality, Napoleon crossed the alps on a donkey.
1915 - World War I, Britain used extreme forms of propaganda when describing the atrocities of the Germans. Some were true stories, but most of them false.
1933/1945 - The rise and fall of the Nazi's. Probably the best use of propaganda in history leading up to the killing of over 6 million people. Hitler even devoted 3 chapters in his book 'Mein Kampf', a propaganda tool in itself, (now forbidden in many countries) to propaganda tools and the importance of correct use of propaganda.
2002 - Iraq War. The US Department of Defense launched an information operation to sent retired commanders to television networks and newspapers to talk about the importance of starting the Iraq war, claiming themselfs as independent analysts.
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What is Propaganda?