TL;DR Summary: A widely shared poster makes exaggerated and false claims to rile the emotions of the message target. The claims are false. But the assertion encourages everyone else to “get on the bandwagon!” and join us! Claim: Hundreds of thousands of Poles are protesting against a “Muslim invasion”, the largest protest in Poland’s history, and the media never covered the event. Method: Assertion, exaggeration, get-on-the-bandwagon What Actually Happened
TL;DR Summary: HOW IT WORKS – Fear is a powerful motivator and is frequently used by the propagandist. Fear of terrorists, fear of burglars, fear of loss of health, fear of growing old. Fear works in part, because we have a natural inability to understand risk and uncertainty. A scary item, with an extremely low likelihood of occurring often results in panicked and disproportionate responses. I have been reading “False Alarm” by Marc Siegel, M.D. He reminds us of the “scares”…
TL;DR Summary: HOW IT WORKS – Fear is a powerful motivator and is frequently used by the propagandist. Fear of terrorists, fear of burglars, fear of loss of health, fear of growing old. Fear works in part, because we have a natural inability to understand risk and uncertainty. A scary item, with an extremely low likelihood of occurring often results in panicked and disproportionate responses. I have been reading “False Alarm” by Marc Siegel, M.D. He reminds us of the “scares”…
TL;DR Summary: Greenspan never said this. Prof. Noam Chomsky said this quote to illustrate what he thought of Greenspan. HOW IT WORKS – This is a fake “Appeal to Authority” using one’s thoughts on Greenspan as leverage. The poster asserts that Greenspan said this and readers want to believe it is true, therefore, it must be true! Methods: Appeal to authority, Assertion (of false quote), transference Goal: To associate or “transfer” dislike of bankers to Republicans. Scorecard: Successful as propaganda….