Propaganda Techniques Flashcards
1
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Glittering generalities
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- Uses important words that are empty- “honest” “good” “fair “
- “make America great again”-Trump
2
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Transfer
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Attempt to transfer a positive symbol to a person or idea
3
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False analogy
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- two things that may or may not be similar or are are portrayed as being similar
- most false analogies do not have enough evidence to support the comparison
4
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Testimonial
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- When “big name” personalities are used to endorse a product
5
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Plain Folks
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- Opposite of testimonials
- average person promoting something
6
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Card stacking
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- used to slant a message
- using key words or unfavorable statistics
- you didn’t tell the WHOLE truth
7
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Band wagon
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Peer pressure- you’re gonna miss out if you don’t …
8
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Either/ Or fallacy
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- Black and white thinking
- no middle ground- no grey
9
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Faulty cause and Effect
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- Suggests that because B follows A, A must cause B
- valuate data before jumping into a wrong conclusion
10
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Name calling
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- attaches negative label to person/thing
- used when people want to do you left attention from themselves to someone else
