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Propaganda 

is communication that is primarily used to influence an audience and further


an agenda, which may not be objective and may be selectively presenting facts to encourage a
particular synthesis or perception, or using loaded language to produce an emotional rather than a
rational response to the information that is being presented.[1] Propaganda can be found in news and
journalism, government, advertising, entertainment, education, and activism[2] and is often associated
with material which is prepared by governments as part of war efforts, political campaigns, health
campaigns, revolutionaries, big businesses, ultra-religious organizations, the media, and certain
individuals such as soapboxers.
In the 20th century, the English term propaganda was often associated with
a manipulative approach, but historically, propaganda has been a neutral descriptive term of any
material that promotes certain opinions or ideologies.[1][3] Equivalent non-English terms have also
largely retained the original neutral connotation.
A wide range of materials and media are used for conveying propaganda messages, which changed
as new technologies were invented, including paintings, cartoons, posters, pamphlets, films, radio
shows, TV shows, and websites. More recently, the digital age has given rise to new ways of
disseminating propaganda, for example, bots and algorithms are currently being used to create
computational propaganda and fake or biased news and spread it on social media.

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