Common types of propaganda techniques
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Bandwagon | illusion of support, urges you to believe something just because others do |
| Glittering Generalities | using word choices to portray his cause in a positive light w/o bothering with the details of the words` |
| Name Calling | draws a person or cause to a buzzword that is commonly negative w/o explaining why it makes sense |
| Plain Folks | attempt to convince audience that a person and his ideas are in line with majority of common people |
| Transfer | employs use of symbols quotes or images of famous people to convey a message not necessarily concerned with them |
| Card Stacking | creates impression of logic by lining up info and data in favor of the persons product or opinions |
| fear | warns audience that disaster will result if they don't follow a particular cource of action |
| Logical Fallacies | conclusion is reached by a twisting of logic |
| Appeal to Authority | cites an authority who is not qualified to have an expert opionion |
| Attacking the Person (AD Hominem) | attacks the person making the argument |
| False Dilemma | offers a limited number of options |
| hasty generalization (unwarranted extrapolation) | uses a sample too small to support conclusion |
| Slippery Slope | threatens a series of increasingly bad consequences from taking a simpler course of action |
| False Syllogism | logical argument in which there is a major premise a minor premise and a conclusion reached by deductive thinking from the two premises |
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