Propaganda Techniques

Have you ever seen a TV commercial portraying a disastrous automobile accident, and then it reminds you to wear your seatbelts? Believe it or not, that's using a technique in propaganda called the fear appeal. Propaganda is more widespread than people imagine. Propaganda is being used to sell goods from the baby food you feed your child to the TV commercial "Spoiled Milk," you laughed at last night. There are many techniques that a propagandist can use to seduce you. Some of the best-known styles in propaganda are Plain Folk, Name-Calling and Glittering Generality. Hidden in places and in…