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Politics and propaganda

by Nicholas J. O'Shaughnessy

Beginning by defining what exactly propaganda is, this text explores the concept and how it came into existence. It also looks at recent examples of spin, such as the war in Afghanistan, single-issue protest groups, negative advertising and the American invasion of Iraq in 2003.

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