Question

The purpose of propaganda is to change or control people's behavior.

True
False

Answer 1

It Is True

Step-by-step explanation:

a clear example of propaganda which is a form of persuasion used to influence people's attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors. A working definition of propaganda is the spreading of ideas, information, or rumor for the purpose of helping or injuring an institution, a cause, or a person. While propaganda has been around for almost a thousand years, only recently (last 100 years) with the advent of technologies that allow us to spread information to a mass group has it evolved to a scientific process capable of influencing a whole nation of people. While propaganda is most evident in times of war as in the poster, it is constantly being used as a political and social means in even less obvious ways to influence peoples attitudes. This is currently evident with all the election commercials on TV, where the candidates are using propaganda techniques to elevate themselves above their competitor.

Answer 2

True

Step-by-step explanation:

The purpose of propaganda is to provide civilians with information that is slanted, biased and/ or untrue, with the ultimate goal to make the receivers think what you want them to think, believe, what you want them to believe, or do, what you want them to do.