PHL 612 Lecture Notes - Harold Lasswell, Stipulative Definition, Direct Manipulation Interface
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An older dictionary definition of propaganda is this one: dissemination of ideas, information, or rumour for the purpose of helping or injuring an institution, cause, or person. Historian jo fox (2018) has offered this characterization of propaganda: deliberate attempt to influence the opinion and behavior of others through transmission of ideas and values . Vernon mckenzie (1938) stated that the real sense of propaganda is the spreading of information whether it be true or false, good, or bad literally spreading the faith" . Harold lasswell (1971): propaganda is concerned with the management of opinions and attitudes by the direct manipulation of social suggestion rather than by altering other conditions in the environment of the organism . The different types of hate propaganda include descriptive (for e. g. , dictionary); stipulative (specific usage); and persuasive definitions (ones with intent to influence attitudes. Descriptive propaganda would be perceived as having words that are used and specified in the dictionary.
