Propagandist Course

The propagandist is the figure I use in his work of propaganda, the activity of disseminating ideas and information with the aim of inducing specific attitudes and actions, or the "conscious, methodical and planned use of persuasion techniques to achieve specific objectives aimed at benefiting those who organize the process ". In contrast to propaganda it should be the pure and simple exposition of the facts in their entirety or the description of reality in its entirety. Propaganda, as an action intended to win the favor of an audience, is an activity as old as man, present in every time, place and social dimension. The term propaganda was born in a religious context when the Catholic Church in the 16th century organized, as a counterattack to the spread of Protestantism, a Congregatio de propaganda fide, a department responsible for the propagation of the Catholic faith. The term was not originally intended to refer to misleading information. The modern meaning of propaganda, on the other hand, dates back to the use made of it starting from the First World War. Propaganda presupposes the use of communication to convey a message, an idea or an ideology: the second half of the nineteenth century therefore arises as a shocking historical period for propaganda and for its use in modern societies, because this is not only the period of the communications revolution (telegraph, railway, mass media, etc.), but also of the revolution of the role of the "public" in society, evolved up to the emergence of totalitarianisms between the two world wars. Propaganda can present facts selectively (thus possibly lying by omission) to encourage a particular synthesis (conclusion), or use loaded messages to produce emotional rather than rational responses to the information presented. The use of propaganda is harmful to the free and natural formation of personal and public opinion and the damage is then reflected on the person himself and on society.