BoarSpear

PROPAGANDA TECHNIQUES

"Propaganda Techniques" is based upon "Appendix I: PROPAGANDA TECHNIQUES

"Propaganda Techniques" is based upon "Appendix I: PSYOP Techniques" from "Psychological Operations Field Manual No.33-1" published by Headquarters; Department of the Army, in Washington DC, on 31 August 1979. Appendix by Jon Roland, July, 1998.

Knowledge of propaganda techniques is necessary to improve one's own propaganda and to uncover enemy PSYOP stratagems. Techniques, however, are not substitutes for the procedures in PSYOP planning, development, or dissemination.

Techniques may be categorized as:

Characteristics of the content self-evident. No additional information is required to recognize the characteristics of this type of propaganda. "Name calling" and the use of slogans are techniques of this nature.

Additional information required to be recognized. Additional information is required by the target or analyst for the use of this technique to be recognized. "Lying" is an example of this technique. The audience or analyst must have additional information in order to know whether a lie is being told.

Evident only after extended output. "Change of pace" is an example of this technique. Neither the audience nor the analyst can know that a change of pace has taken place until various amounts of propaganda have been brought into focus.

Nature of the arguments used. An argument is a reason, or a series of reasons, offered as to why the audience should behave, believe, or think in a certain manner. An argument is expressed or implied.

Inferred intent of the originator. This technique refers to the effect the propagandist wishes to achieve on the target audience. "Divisive" and "unifying" propaganda fall within this technique. It might also be classified on the basis of the effect it has on an audience....



REPETITION

An idea or position is repeated in an attempt to elicit an almost automatic response from the audience or to reinforce an audience's opinion or attitude. This technique is extremely valid and useful because the human being is basically a creature of habit and develops skills and values by repetition (like walking, talking, code of ethics, etc.). An idea or position may be repeated many times in one message or in many messages. The intent is the same in both instances, namely, to elicit an immediate response or to reinforce an opinion or attitude. The audience is not familiar with the details of the threat posed. Ignorance of the details can be used to pose a threat and build fear. Members of the audience are self-centered....

Stereotyping is a form of simplification used to fit persons, groups, nations, or events into readymade categories that tend to produce a desired image of good or bad. Stereotyping puts the subject (people, nations, etc.) or event into a simplistic pattern without any distinguishing individual characteristics....

Friendly territory. Under no circumstances should such leaflets be distributed in friendly territory. To distribute them in the friendly area in which the terrorists' acts took place would only create feelings of insecurity. This would defeat the purpose of the psychological operator, which is to build confidence in the government or agency he represents.

* Hang him by his words: Misquoting or quoting out of context. From Cardinal Rechelieu: "Give me six lines written by the most honorable of men and I will find an excuse in them to hang him."
* Hidden premise: "When did you stop beating your wife?"
* Guilt by association. Your acquaintances are bad so you must be also.
* Halo and reverse halo effect: Inferring status or authority, or lack thereof, from cosmetic attributes. "He looks like a leader." "He acts like a loser."

* Pygmalion effect: Judging a person or his argument by the language or dialect he uses or who well he uses it.
* Stigmatization: Attributing bad luck to character deficiency.

http://www.constitution.org/col/propaganda_army.htm
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If you aren't familiar with how psyops works it's an interesting read, pretty much everything since 911 has been a psyops game, if you're not a player in psyops, you're its target.

BoarSpear

http://www.psywarrior.com/psyhist.html

Psychological operations may be defined broadly as the planned use of communications to influence human attitudes and behavior ... to create in target groups behavior, emotions, and attitudes that support the attainment of national objectives. The form of communication can be as simple as spreading information covertly by word of mouth or through any means of multimedia.....

The mission of providing Psychological Operations for the U.S. Military today rests with the U.S. Army's Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
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Civil affairs.

Tom Yum

Its just the same thing as advertising or marketing.

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BoarSpear

Yeah, except this time the advertising and marketing scheme resulted in Iraq's current state and Americans are paying in blood. So what did we purchase and who sold it to us again? I don't think it's really necessary to recount all the lies, but a soldier without a cause other than survival is nothing but a killing machine without a compass...see why a entire war based on lies is tough to win? you CREATE the problems I've been bitching about.

Tom Yum

Seeing we're still in the war (and that's not going to change any time soon) and that since we are there, we've got to finish the job. The men and women whom are over there have work to do and loosing focus on other issues could cost them their lives in the heat of a more relevant and important battle.

Things are getting cleaned up slowly and surely...from the adjusted post-invasion strategy to the VA hospital service. That's a start.

Still, there is a question that hasn't been answered directly to the American people.

Why are we in Iraq? Are we allowed to know the true reason?

The original premise was that the country possessed WMDs and had potentially trained or recruited Al-Qaeda agents.

The secondary premise was that we were taking the war to a land closer to Al-Qaeda, protecting the American people by making harder targets in the enemy's territory.

Where there other reasons more personal to our President?

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eXcessiveForce

these are not exactly correct.

* Halo and reverse halo effect: Inferring status or authority, or lack thereof, from cosmetic attributes. "He looks like a leader." "He acts like a loser."

Halo effect is a positive or negative attribution based an a single trait, (it does not have to be comestic) But could be if somebody has a good singing voice people decide they are also very intelligent and good people.



* Pygmalion effect: Judging a person or his argument by the language or dialect he uses or who well he uses it.

Pygmalion is a self fulfilling prophecy, People live up or down to your expectations. It does not deal only with language however the story where they name came from dealt with language.

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