Propoganda Flashcards
(30 cards)
Bandwagon
Universal approval
Ad hominem
Attacking opponents rather their ideas
Ad nauseam
Repeating ideas a lot so people remember them
Appeal to fear
Exploiting people’s concerns and anxieties
Black/White
Giving only two options and making one undesirable
Broad generalization
Using a broad statement
Circular thinking
Making the assumption that your idea is already true
Deification
Making the idea seem holy and above law
Disapproval
Using fear and hated to create disapproval
Direct order
Gives you one option
Euphoria
Generating happiness by staging a celebration
Either/or
Gives only two choices
Flag waving
Appealing to nationalism and patriotism
Glittering generality
Applying appealing but vague meaningless words
Half truth
Statements that are only partly true
Hot potato
Issue that makes people uncomfortable and people skip over and is a very important issue
Intentional vagueness
Using undefined phrases without reasonableness
Least of evils
Best of the two poor choices
Loaded words
Words that are charged with emotion
Misuse of statistics
False statistics
Name calling
Creating a negative image for something
Oversimplification
Using general terms instead of complex ones
Quotes out of context
Using selective quotes rather than the whole idea to make someone look bad
Rationalization
Using generalities to justify actions