I hear it used all the time, but noticed I don’t know exactly what it means. The actual definition of it is very broad.
“The spreading of ideas, information, or rumor for the purpose of helping or injuring an institution, a cause, or a person.”
However, this doesn’t quite feel like how the word is often used. I’ve only ever seen it used with a negative connotation. If I were to spread information about climate change for the planet, am I spreading propaganda?
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If you spread information about climate change with the best of intentions, but use misleading information to motivate people to change to your point of view, “I’ve heard from some really smart people that if the world gets 1 degree warmer by the end of the century that killer clowns from outer space with kills is all” (but formulated in a way to make it believable) then yes, that would be propaganda. It’s information, true or not, spread with the intention of manipulating the psyche of the masses.
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