Games as propaganda

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What Is Propaganda?

Propaganda is the dissemination of information aimed at influencing the opinions or behaviors of large numbers of people. As opposed to impartially providing information, propaganda in its most basic sense presents information in order to influence its audience. Propaganda often presents facts selectively (thus lying by omission) to encourage a particular synthesis, or gives loaded messages in order to produce an emotional rather than rational response to the information presented. The desired result is a change of the cognitive narrative of the subject in the target audience to further a political agenda.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda

The Children are also victims of propaganda

Source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/de/Tomorrows_Pioneers_Assoud.JPG

Propaganda as Lifestyle - Is Propaganda Always A Negative Concept?

They have pyjamas, cups, cushions, glasses and other funktional things. The Web-Site http://www.propagandaonline.com/ presents a lot of things that might be seen as propaganda of the producer.

When we talk about the Cold Warwe always remember the bad economic and social conditions. No privacy, spys everywhere and the almighty propaganda.

Propaganda Games and Games Of Propaganda

Why The Game "Propaganda"?

While playing PROPAGANDA, players learn to recognize techniques of persuasion that are often used by advertisers, politicians, editorial writers, and in normal human interaction. Players increase their ability to discern the truth from smokescreens; they learn to figure out the reality of situations rather than getting duped by the techniques. Players become critical thinkers.

Players on a team from a school spend a great deal of time studying together and exchanging ideas and notes as part of their learning experience.

Elementary Division (grades 4-6) questions are composed with easier language than for the Middle Division (grades 7-8). At the Junior and Senior Divisions (grades 9-12), players are exposed to visual propaganda, as well as verbal examples.

How To Play "Propaganda"

PROPAGANDA is a question and response game. Students sit in groups of three or four for purposes of checking each other's answers and keeping score. Many such groups may be playing simultaneously in the same room.

Actual play of the game is simple. A central moderator reads one or more sentences; and the player must decide which, if any, technique of propaganda is used.

For example, "I did poorly in algebra, but the teacher was just too hard."

The technique used in that example is Rationalization.

Each player must also decide whether to answer "bold" if they feel very confident about their answer or "cautious" if they are unsure. After players have revealed their answers, the reader gives the correct answer. A player who answers "bold" scores 4 if correct but -2 if incorrect. A "cautious" player scores 2 if correct and 0 if incorrect. Players' scores for the round are their totals for the questions for that round.

Source: http://www.academicgames.org/prop.htm