EOTO 2 reaction

 EOTO 2: Propaganda

        The definition of propaganda is communication, through media or otherwise, that is primarily used to influence or persuade an audience to further an agenda. This communication is intentionally never objective and is meant to selectively present facts that work for a specific side of an argument or social issue. Propaganda is designed to elicit an emotional response from its audience. Something I found to be incredibly interesting about this topic was that propaganda, while carrying a negative connotation, is not intended to be a negative term. The term propaganda is used to describe any type of material that promotes a specific opinion. As such, you could say that even pushing media that promotes love and inclusion is propaganda solely based on the fact that it only pushes one opinion. Propaganda is rather self-explanatory in that it, by definition, means to propagate information. At its core, its purpose is to push one agenda in order for it to flourish while likely dominating another agenda. Unfortunately, propaganda does have a significant negative effect on our society. Societies thrive when they are logically driven; however, a large presence of propaganda in our societies can lead to them being emotionally driven. This often means that societies with more propaganda (even if pushing positive agendas) could fail to thrive.