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Month: January 2016

Example of trade group social media propaganda

Example of trade group social media propaganda

TL;DR Summary: Most people view propaganda as something undertaken by governments, especially in war time, and by politicians. But propaganda and the methods of propaganda are employed every single day by all types of organizations and participants. By sharing messages like this, you become a propagandist in the chain of propaganda! On Facebook, a “Like” or “Comment” is identical to “Share” – which means you may be “sharing” items you do not realize you are sharing!  

Enlist your employees in "social media advocacy"

Enlist your employees in "social media advocacy"

TL;DR Summary: Employers encourage employees to share company propaganda on their personal social media pages. Interesting. Because social media is a largely frictionless conduit for propaganda messaging, some companies are encouraging their staff to “share” the company messaging on their own:

Can you defend yourself against propaganda? #Socialmedia #Propaganda

Can you defend yourself against propaganda? #Socialmedia #Propaganda

TL;DR Summary: You can defend yourself against the propaganda onslaught but to do so is hard work. We tend to let others tell us what to believe, and we believe them! We are at our most susceptible when we are busy and tired – say in the evening while reading Facebook. That makes it easy to become a target of propaganda, and worse, we mindlessly share what we were just told to believe, with all our friends! “The media has…

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Can you defend yourself against propaganda?

Can you defend yourself against propaganda?

TL;DR Summary: You can defend yourself against the propaganda onslaught but to do so is hard work. We tend to let others tell us what to believe, and we believe them! We are at our most susceptible when we are busy and tired – say in the evening while reading Facebook. That makes it easy to become a target of propaganda, and worse, we mindlessly share what we were just told to believe, with all our friends! “The media has…

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Liking and sharing turns all of us into social media propagandists #Socialmedia #Propaganda

Liking and sharing turns all of us into social media propagandists #Socialmedia #Propaganda

TL;DR Summary:  By sharing social media propaganda posts we become a cog in the chain of propagandists trying to tell our friends how to think. …“essentially, propaganda is really no more than the communication of ideas designed to persuade people to think and behave in a desired way.” That means that, when engaging in social media, promoting ideas from politicians, intellectuals, friends, musicians or corporations through likes, shares, retweets and more, we are promoting that information and attempting to influence…

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