Propaganda is the art and act of spreading information to a large number of people with the intention to manipulate an anti-Biblical feeling toward the Christian. They are only two classified groups that are: spontaneous propaganda where people talk about their achievement and successes in excess that cause harm in one way or another. Contrived propaganda is a careful planned and executed which again is given into two sub types: informative propaganda aims at bringing fact to people expecting them to respond through their persuasion. Next, manipulative propaganda aims at controlling people's behavior in a specific manner.
Of all the propagandas, manipulative is the group that employs an endless variety of tried and proven techniques that harm the Christian faith. The author discusses a few of the techniques that influence ideas or minds of that particular people that they intended to harm.
We need to know all the above techniques can be combined to harm a recipient and not only one. Propaganda is more effective if combine with mind manipulation or seduction techniques like repeated exposure i.e. breaking the resistance of the mind, by passing reason meaning a person analyzes a problem instead of taking action and emotional manipulation by bad name technique where a way to create the bad name effect using a free association, turn it to implicate something else.
In conclusion, we need to be careful with things around us like what type of friends, media we listen or watch and read. Never be taken by groups that called them "liberal" or "radicals". They have their viewpoint that need not be ours. Analyzing everything we heard, see and read. Be tactful and knowledgeable. See what the other parties trying to in fluent manipulate or exploit us. See whether it is ethical or not and what techniques that are trying to get our attention. All these are ways or another will assist us to be more mature and grow strong in our walk with Christian faith.
Of all the propagandas, manipulative is the group that employs an endless variety of tried and proven techniques that harm the Christian faith. The author discusses a few of the techniques that influence ideas or minds of that particular people that they intended to harm.
• Fear of Bad Name (Insecurity, fear) - propagandists producing actual evidence to support the assertion whereby causing another parties fear or insecure.
• Appeal of good name (security, allurement) - Everybody desires reputation so propagandist exploit this area which is opposite fear of bad name.
• Appeal to Human Authority (Transfer) - some sort like appeal to good name but this time it is on human authority or respectable person or people.
• Appeal to Persuasion by individuals (Testimonials) - used of a respectable or person of fame to "transfer" the message.
• Appeal to tricky implication (half truth and white lies) - true and authentic statement are coupled with false implications.
• The Bandwagon/mob-mentality trick - everybody's doing it so why be different.
• Card-stacking or outright deception or cheating the ignorant or deceiving one person that everything is okay while it is opposite.
• Titillation and teasing - fantasy manipulation by fantasy creating mind.
• Appeal of good name (security, allurement) - Everybody desires reputation so propagandist exploit this area which is opposite fear of bad name.
• Appeal to Human Authority (Transfer) - some sort like appeal to good name but this time it is on human authority or respectable person or people.
• Appeal to Persuasion by individuals (Testimonials) - used of a respectable or person of fame to "transfer" the message.
• Appeal to tricky implication (half truth and white lies) - true and authentic statement are coupled with false implications.
• The Bandwagon/mob-mentality trick - everybody's doing it so why be different.
• Card-stacking or outright deception or cheating the ignorant or deceiving one person that everything is okay while it is opposite.
• Titillation and teasing - fantasy manipulation by fantasy creating mind.
We need to know all the above techniques can be combined to harm a recipient and not only one. Propaganda is more effective if combine with mind manipulation or seduction techniques like repeated exposure i.e. breaking the resistance of the mind, by passing reason meaning a person analyzes a problem instead of taking action and emotional manipulation by bad name technique where a way to create the bad name effect using a free association, turn it to implicate something else.
In conclusion, we need to be careful with things around us like what type of friends, media we listen or watch and read. Never be taken by groups that called them "liberal" or "radicals". They have their viewpoint that need not be ours. Analyzing everything we heard, see and read. Be tactful and knowledgeable. See what the other parties trying to in fluent manipulate or exploit us. See whether it is ethical or not and what techniques that are trying to get our attention. All these are ways or another will assist us to be more mature and grow strong in our walk with Christian faith.
