Skilled propaganda isn't about making up stories, it is about amplifying and positioning existing truths. Nothing has to be a lie, and it affects the receiver as much as it impacts the whole information supply chain.
This piece might encourage someone else to research a different story and thus it amplifies the goals of the original propagandist. Many folks in a psyop/propaganda campaign are unaware of any sort of coercion. If the receiver understands it as propaganda the effort has failed.
It is an exciting time for sociologists, the disinformation war that is occuring right now is global in scope. If the cold war was WW3, we are currently in WW4.
This piece might encourage someone else to research a different story and thus it amplifies the goals of the original propagandist. Many folks in a psyop/propaganda campaign are unaware of any sort of coercion. If the receiver understands it as propaganda the effort has failed.
It is an exciting time for sociologists, the disinformation war that is occuring right now is global in scope. If the cold war was WW3, we are currently in WW4.