Propaganda is defined as information, ideas, rumors, deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc. Propaganda is mainly aimed towards the curious public. Propaganda usually misleads a person into thinking in a biased way. It makes one not think of the opposite side.
An example of propaganda can be found by the Americans in Haiti. We view Americans as generous and charitable types of people. Always donating large sums of money or doing good deeds from the kindness of their hearts. We see Americans wanting to help Haiti after all that’s happened to the people of that country. We see schools and shelters being built for Haitian men, women, and children. But the American public really does not know the actual truth. For World Studies I researched a current event about an American man sexually abusing Haitian boys for ten years. When reading that article I was totally shocked and disgusted. To think that such a caring person could turn so evil and grotesque. As if the people of Haiti need any more problems such as this particular one.
These days, I think propaganda only results into bad things when the public eventually finds the truth. So is there really a need for propaganda? Whether you are trying to protect something or not?
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