Propaganda is a form of public opinion manipulation involving creation of a specific narrative that aligns with a political agenda. It uses techniques like nudging, repetition, emotional appeals, selective information, and hypnotic language patterns to influence the subconscious mind, thereby bypassing critical thinking and shaping beliefs and values.
In general, propaganda is classified by colors: White, Gray and Black Propaganda.
White Propaganda: Gray Propaganda: Gray Propaganda is communication of a false narrative or story from an unattributed or hidden source.
Operation Mockingbird, the large-scale program of the United States Central Intelligence Agency that began in the early years of the Cold War and manipulated domestic American news media organizations for propaganda purposes, often employed Gray Propaganda.
Black Propaganda: Black propaganda is designed to create the impression that it was created by those it is intended to discredit.
Examples of Black Propaganda: Declassified documents have revealed that the British government ran a secret "Black propaganda" campaign for decades, targeting Africa, the Middle East, and parts of Asia with leaflets and reports from fake sources aimed at destabilizing Cold War enemies by encouraging racial tensions, sowing chaos, inciting violence and reinforcing anti-communist ideas.
The US DoD Office of Strategic Influence was specifically designed to propagate black propaganda.
It benefits our government for people to believe that the US Government does not use propaganda against its own people, but nothing could be further from the truth.
https://brownstone.org/articles/propaganda-and-the-us-government/
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