Propaganda

:This article deals with public image and message control. For other meanings, see Propaganda (disambiguation).

Russian revolution

Russian revolutionaries of the 19th and 20th centuries distinguished two different aspects covered by the English term propaganda. In their terminology were two words: агитация (agitatsiya), or agitation, and пропаганда, or propaganda, see agitprop.

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Basically, Propaganda meant dissemination of revolutionary ideas, teachings of Marxism, and basic economic knowledge, theoretical and factual; while agitation meant forming public opinion and stirring up political unrest.

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See also: black propaganda, marketing, advertising

Related Topics:
Black propaganda - Marketing - Advertising

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