Propaganda

<p>Propaganda is a piece of information designed to make you think or do something specific. So how does it work?</p><p>Today on Civics 101, John Maxwell Hamilton (professor and author of <a href="https://lsupress.org/books/detail/manipulating-the-masses/">Manipulating the Masses: Woodrow Wilson and the Birth of American Propaganda</a>) and Jennifer Mercieca (professor and author of <a href="https://www.jennifermercieca.com/demagogueforpresident">Demagogue for President: The Rhetorical Genius of Donald Trump</a>) take us through the Federalist Papers, the Committee on Public Intelligence, the Four Minute Men, amygdala highjacking, and the myriad ways propagandists  take advantage of our best intentions to achieve a result. </p>