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This technique uses famous people to endorse products or ideas, hoping their popularity will transfer to the message.
Difficulty: Easy- Testimonial
- Bandwagon
- Card Stacking
- Plain Folks
This 1928 book by Edward Bernays argued that the conscious manipulation of public opinion was essential to democracy.
Difficulty: Medium- Propaganda
- Public Opinion
- Manufacturing Consent
- The Crowd
This WWII Allied deception plan used a corpse with fake documents to mislead Germany about the invasion of Sicily.
Difficulty: Hard- Operation Fortitude
- Operation Mincemeat
- Operation Bodyguard
- Operation Quicksilver
This propaganda technique encourages people to join in because everyone else is doing it.
Difficulty: Easy- Transfer
- Bandwagon
- Glittering Generalities
- Name Calling
This psychological experiment showed that participants would conform to obviously incorrect answers when facing unanimous group pressure.
Difficulty: Medium- Milgram Experiment
- Asch Conformity Experiment
- Robbers Cave Experiment
- Hawthorne Study
This researcher developed inoculation theory showing that weak counterarguments can build resistance to later persuasion attempts.
Difficulty: Hard- Carl Hovland
- Irving Janis
- William McGuire
- Leon Festinger
This term describes information that is spread to promote a particular political cause or point of view.
Difficulty: Easy- Journalism
- Education
- Propaganda
- Entertainment
This propaganda technique involves creating an enemy and then offering protection from that enemy in exchange for loyalty or compliance.
Difficulty: Medium- Fear Appeal
- Demonization
- Protection Racket
- Scapegoating
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