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Propaganda
What is it
Repetition, Band Wagon, exigency, transfer
What is Propaganda?
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Propaganda is a way to spread ideas or beliefs
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Can be found in
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Politics
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TV advertisements
Is propaganda a bad thing, Why?
What is Propaganda?
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Propaganda is a way to spread ideas or beliefs
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Is propaganda a bad thing, Why?
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Can be found in
 Politics
 TV advertisements
Not always, however when someone uses…
Manipulative propaganda
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Propaganda that plays with our emotions in a way to make us reach a decision
without thinking it through
Band Wagon
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The Bandwagon is a fallacy in which a threat of rejection by one's peers (or
peer pressure) is substituted for evidence in an "argument." This line of
"reasoning"
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Also Known as
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Peer pressure
Example
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Bill: "I like classical music and I think it is of higher quality than most modern
music."
Jill: "That stuff is for old people."
Dave: "Yeah, only real woosies listen to that stuff. Besides, Anthrax rules! It
Rules!"
Bill: "Well, I don't really like it that much. Anthrax is much better."
Example
Repetition
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Repeating something so often hoping people will believe it.
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Also known as
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Ad nauseam
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Nagging
Exception: When an opponent is attempting to misdirect the argument,
repeating the argument to get back on track is a wise play.
Example
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That movie, “Kill, Blood, Gore” deserves the Oscar for best picture. There are
other good movies, but not like that one. Others may deserve an honorable
mention, but not the Oscar, because “Kill, Blood, Gore” deserves the Oscar.
Example
Exigency
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An urgent need which requires immediate action.
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Hurry up and agree
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Going out of business sale
Transfer
Associating a popular object or person with another item.
Example
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Will: Lets go to the park tomorrow; I heard Dave Matthews Band is playing
there tomorrow.
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Bill: I heard Hitler, Stalin, and Sadaam Hussein go to that park.
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Jill: Those people are all evil, and I do not want to associate with them
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Will: never mind lets go to the movies instead.
Example