tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2604558299883827002.post4405786686196105554..comments2023-10-19T03:57:52.022-07:00Comments on SIS 640 Group 1: When The Mind Is Somewhere ElseKatie Schoenbergerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07460931724201957850noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2604558299883827002.post-72906634031472034512009-10-17T21:41:50.910-07:002009-10-17T21:41:50.910-07:00I'm in a COMM class called "Propaganda an...I'm in a COMM class called "Propaganda and the Media," and the course has spent a lot of time exploring how basically every form of intentionally persuasive communication is a kind of propaganda, even if it doesn't fall into the traditional negative format that the word immediately brings to mind for most people. No matter how broadly people want to stretch the term though, I still agree with you that intent is what separates the "classic" propaganda from a well-meaning effort to persuade. That does not mean the person advocating a certain behavior or opinion always knows best for the target audience; but I think there is a difference between knowingly convincing people to do something that's bad for themselves and/or others around them and using persuasion to get them to do something that's good instead.Rachel Rabinowitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02042498609088530849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2604558299883827002.post-73249468693764540712009-10-17T15:57:23.368-07:002009-10-17T15:57:23.368-07:00"The articles could overtly or tacitly encour..."The articles could overtly or tacitly encourage community participation and convey the ways in which such behaviors would be economically and/or socially beneficial to the group in question" - wouldn't this be propaganda?<br /><br />I agree with you of course, I just find that the word propaganda has become so negative, that the actual potential has been reduced to accusations of brainwashing. Propaganda is designed to engender support for policies - so if the policies are for a good cause, why should it not be used?Audrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06256346735414249694noreply@blogger.com