What is propaganda?

Often words have several meanings that depend on the context. You just need to remember them, and then you can quickly navigate. Here is talked about what propaganda is.

The meaning of the term "propaganda"

The word "propaganda" from the Latin language is translatedwith the phrase "what needs to be spread". This term was put into circulation by the Roman Catholic Church for the purpose of spreading religion. To date, "propaganda" is the dissemination or indoctrination of ideas in order to convince the audience of their own views.

Propaganda can be written and oral, for hermass adoption is necessary. There are true and false propaganda. In the first case, the masses explain this or that aspect for the purpose of its best understanding, in the second - people impose their opinion using agitational overtones. As a rule, false propaganda has a purpose to spread its opinions to others, so often the facts that are presented to the masses are distorted.

Group "Propaganda"

"Propaganda" is a pop group founded in 2001. The producer of the collective is Sergey Ivanov. For the years of its existence the collective has released many hits. The most famous compositions of the band are Melom, Nobody, Who, So Be, Rain on the Roofs, 5 Minutes, Yai-ya, The Girlfriend, Super-Babe, "You know," "I'm sorry." The group has the following awards: "Golden Gramophone", "Song of the Year", "Stopud Hit", "Silver Disc", "Major League", "Sound Track".

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