Talk:Propaganda techniques

While it's possible that "Logical Fallacies" might merit a topic of its own, for now, in the context of SourceWatch, I don't see that it requires separation from "Propaganda techniques"; though ... a cause ... of course ... may arise ;-} -- Maynard 23:04 30 Mar 2003 (EST)

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I removed reference to 'spambot' as a propaganda technique, based upon this common definition of spambot: A spambot is a robot that specializes in gathering email addresses for a spammer to use. It basically follows links and saves any email addresses it finds as it goes along. A spambot usually gathers emails from the web or from usenet, but may also gather it from other sources.[1]
--Maynard 16:13 12 Jun 2003 (EDT)

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Planting press article" was duplicated, so I removed one of the duplicates.

"Disinformation" had numerous grammar errors that I corrected, but the second paragraph is a jumble that mystified me. It makes no sense as is. Anyone have a clue?

I don't understand the "push poll" entry at all. Should it be revised?

Debbie 01 Feb 2004

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What about 'astroturfing' as a propganda technique? I see you have an article about it on the site but it's not in the list on this page.

Anonymous

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Don't know where to put this:

A search on "smear" brings up both "attack ad" and "attack ads" - any reason for the duplication? The text is not the same. One is in Propaganda Techniques -don't know how to tell where the other is. Should they be combined?

Also, the search does not turn up "Bush administration smear campaigns"

Debbie 12 Feb 2004

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Hi, would it be okay if I tried to organize the list more hierarchically or kind of give them attributes? A lot of the listings are similar. I'm not sure exactly where everything would go, but I have some of my own ideas and they're sort of variations on certain propaganda themes, and I don't really want to add them by themselves. Dividing it up is also difficult because you start to run into philosophical problems and questions, and I'd rather avoid making it that complex, and just let people add things wherever they see fit. Maybe it would be better to just connect the techniques by similarity? Plus, the page is getting rather long. The other thing is I don't want to screw it up, since I'm not exactly sure what I'm doing.

Ben (newbie) 20 Apr 2004

Sure, edit away! If we disagree with your edits, we can always change back the parts we disagree with. I agree with you that a lot of the listings are similar. It would be good to try to consolidate and organize them better. --Sheldon Rampton 00:02, 21 Apr 2004 (EDT)