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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Yes, propaganda can be positive, for example a story about a politician behaving like an “average Joe” or being “heroic”.
And propaganda definitely can be about something you support, too, like “hey those carbon emissions make climate change worse.”
We become accustomed to using the term as an accusation, “don’t believe that it’s just propaganda”. But propaganda can be truth or lies or a mixture of both. The term basically mean “information that is shared in an effort to persuade.”
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