Propaganda
The definition of propaganda varies, but it is generally viewed as an attempt to persuade using deceptive or misleading methods. While propaganda is often associated with totalitarian regimes like Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, it has been used by many nations and corporations.
Links and books on propaganda
Propaganda Analysis: Home Page
PROPAGANDA TECHNIQUES In Advertising, Media, Politics & Warfare for K-12 Teachers & Students
German Propaganda Archive (Guide Page)
English-language Books on Nazi Propaganda
Fallacies, tricks and errors and Mathematical fallacies look at the methods used by propagandists.
Age of Propaganda: The Everyday Use and Abuse of Persuasion, Revised Edition, by Anthony R. Pratkanis and Elliot Aronson, W. H. Freeman and Company, 2001.
Coercion: Why We Listen to What "They" Say, Douglas Rushkoff, Riverhead Books, 1999.
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