what is the difference between propaganda and persuasion?

Question

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Answer 1

propaganda is lies repeated over and over to create a belief. persuasion is using influence or promises to change ones beliefs.

Answer 2

Persuasion attempts to win "the heart and mind" of the target. Thus persuasion must induce attitude change, which entails affective (emotion-based) change. Although persuasion is more difficult to induce, its effects last longer because the target actually accepts and internalizes the advocacy.

There are many persuasion tactics, one of which utilizes the Socratic Effect, studied by the famous influence researcher, William McGuire. It states that by merely directing thoughts to attitudes and beliefs with logical implications for one another, those attitudes and beliefs become more consistent.

If my wife wants me to start and maintain an exercise program, she might bring up other topics which have logical, positive implications for exercise. She might tell me about a friend who recently experienced a heart attack. That may lead to a discussion about the benefits of good health and the horrors of hospitals, and how people who are in good health are better looking, have more energy, and are more successful. Without ever pointing it out, my wife will have caused me to notice uncomfortable inconsistencies in my belief system. I don't like hospitals, and exercise will help keep me out of them--so why don't I go jogging with her? I will likely decide to do just that the next time I see her putting on her running shoes. At the next social gathering we attend, she may capitalize on the situation and mention that the two of us are now exercising together. I will agree, and in so doing will have made a public commitment--which will compel me to remain consistent with my stated behavior.

If my wife is an artful influence practitioner, my jogging will cease to be an external imposition--it will have become an internal value. As such, it will become part of my self concept and will become a long-term behavior pattern.

(Surprisingly, the correlation between attitude and behavior is weaker than you might think! So just because someone has a positive attitude does not mean they will invariably behave in a consistent manner. But that's a discussion for another time . . .)




Education is the propagation of a set of beliefs, or Propaganda. We call it "education" if we already believe in it, and "propaganda" if we don't. Beliefs are things known or believed to be true, as opposed to attitudes, which are evaluations of objects that we think about. Beliefs are important precursors to both attitudes and behavior, but are often used or created after the fact to defend attitudes and behaviors we already own.

We call the learning of knowledge education if we believe and agree with the advocacy, and we call it propaganda if we don't--especially if a discrepant belief system is advocated through a large-scale, mass media appeal. The first documented use of the word 'propaganda' was 1622, when Pope Gregory XV attempted to increase church membership by strengthening belief (Pratkanis & Aronson, 1992). The term now connotes mass persuasion attempts manufactured by political entities, which manipulate far more than mere belief. Nonetheless, central to both education and propaganda is the role of the fact, the statistic, the element of knowledge that the target believes to be true.

Answer 3

Propaganda appeals to emotions and the emotions appealed to are worst. The use of loaded words, ad hominum, red herring, strawman arguments and out of context 'quotes' from the 'enemy' is what propaganda is all about. The right wing talk show people have this down to a science.....using the non-existant 'liberal' as their strawman 'inside' enemy has got them a lot of mileage. Persuasion uses logical arguments where the propositions are based on verifiable and objective facts and the propositions add up to the conclusions. Simple, yet complex!

Answer 4

Propaganda convinces people to believe, what they know in their hearts is not true. Persuasion can come from the end of a gun or the end of a sensual touch. Both are used to try to affect a decision or thinking.

Answer 5

Propaganda relies on lies and false assumptions, persuasion argues the best points. Both have the objective of changing minds.

Answer 6

The intent.

The intent of persuasion is to convince someone to believe something that you believe.

The intent of propaganda is to convince someone to believe something that you know is false.

Or by the dictionary:


Propaganda: "Information that is spread for the purpose of promoting some cause"

Persuasion : "communication intended to induce belief or action"

Which means the difference is whether you are trying to convince one person (persuasion) or everyone (propaganda).

Answer 7

Both are a description of the Media. In order to sell more newspapers they must exaggerate the facts. throw in some personal opinions and mix it together with lies that is baked until believed by us and then topped of with the " we have free speach" laws. Silence the media BS and we will see the conflicts decrease and our men and women will be home alot sooner.