A New Understanding of Propaganda

Propaganda was such an interesting topic to take in a college level course because of how familiar we think we are with it. I admit in my essay, I originally thought this class was going to be much less challenging than it was. I thought that given that this may be the third or fourth time I’ve studied the topic in my academic career, that I knew most of what there is to know on propaganda. I humbly confess, I was completely wrong.

Propaganda has so much more depth than what I was originally taught in my middle and high school classrooms. I don’t blame my teachers because that was what they were required by the curriculum, (I address the dangers of propaganda in school curriculum in my essay as well) but still can’t help but feel short changed.

If you were to ask me before this course the definition of propaganda. I don’t think I could’ve given you a clear definition. If you asked for an example, I probably would’ve mentioned either the Nazi Party, Rosie the Riveter or Uncle Sam and then be out of ideas.

Propaganda is so much more than what we were taught about in middle and high school. There is so much more depth and meaning to it. It is so much more interesting than just WWII alone.

Propaganda is still all around us today and no one is even talking about it. People are making their own conspiracy theories, Instagram advertisements and TikTok trends. It’s all around us and people are falling victim to it’s dangers without even knowing.

In my essay I discuss the education system our generation has grown up in and how it itself was a form of propaganda by not teaching us the truth about the topic. Give it a read below.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NgFN1qiZW6QUZKOpEUTqI10_PKrt8P-umO72huKa9AY/edit

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