Monday, April 18, 2016
15 Characteristics of Russian Propaganda
Paul Goble
Staunton, April 18 – Russian propaganda makes use of so many techniques to succeed that Moscow novelist and commentator Elizaveta Aleksandrova-Zorina performs a useful service by listing in an article in “Gazeta.ru” 15 of its favorite and, it should be said, effective methods (gazeta.ru/comments/2016/04/14_a_8178095.shtml).
These include:
— A black and white division of the world into “ours” and the “alien” other;
— Epithets that imply more than they describe;
— Constant assertions that those supporting Putin not only are numerous but united;
— Empty declarations that mean nothing but that appear to promise or justify everything;
— Playing games with cause and effect, often reversing their true order;
— A vicious circle or tautology in which the second part of an assertion is simply a repetition of the first;
— Confusing the part and the whole by focusing on only one part of something such as liberals within the opposition;
— Creating false dilemmas that don’t exist;
— Careful preparation of headlines which are the only thing most people pay attention to;
— Citations to experts, often false and even more often out of context;
—Claiming the media say when in fact only one media outlet does;
— Using weasel words like “so-called” or “it would appear” to give the appearance of objectivity;
— Outright falsification; and
— Conspiracy theories and suggestion of hidden motives.
Posted by paul goble at 7:32 AM
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