propaganda

material created to influence or persuade
Intangible genre Q7281
propaganda
Ellsworth Young (1866–1952) · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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propaganda

Summary

propaganda is a genre[1]. propaganda ranks in the top 2% of genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,731 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • propaganda's instance of is recorded as genre[3].
  • propaganda's instance of is recorded as manipulation[4].
  • propaganda's instance of is recorded as human activity[5].
  • propaganda's based on is recorded as political agenda[6].
  • propaganda's based on is recorded as hidden agenda[7].
  • propaganda is a type of manipulation[8].
  • propaganda is a type of communication[9].
  • propaganda is a type of information campaign[10].
  • propaganda is a type of deceptive communication technique[11].
  • propaganda's Commons category is recorded as Government propaganda[12].
  • propaganda comprises corporate propaganda[13].
  • propaganda comprises self-propaganda[14].
  • propaganda comprises propaganda through media[15].
  • propaganda comprises computational propaganda[16].
  • propaganda's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Propaganda[17].
  • propaganda's Commons gallery is recorded as Propaganda[18].
  • propaganda's described at URL is recorded as https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Propaganda[19].
  • propaganda's facet of is recorded as religious fanaticism[20].
  • propaganda's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as man_made=propaganda[21].
  • propaganda's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[22].
  • propaganda's described by source is recorded as 1922 Encyclopædia Britannica[23].
  • propaganda's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[24].
  • propaganda's described by source is recorded as Dresdner Hefte[25].
  • propaganda's described by source is recorded as Basque Literature Terms Dictionary[26].
  • propaganda's used by is recorded as war effort[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include genre[3], manipulation[4], and human activity[5]. Recorded subclass of include manipulation[8], communication[9], information campaign[10], and deceptive communication technique[11].

Use and Application

Components include corporate propaganda[13], self-propaganda[14], propaganda through media[15], and computational propaganda[16]. Recorded used by include war effort[27], political campaign[28], health campaign[29], revolutionary[30], Nazism[31], and propaganda campaign[32].

Influence

Things named for propaganda include Agit-prop[33], a vocal group[34], in Finland[35], founded in 1970[36].

Why It Matters

propaganda ranks in the top 2% of genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,731 views/month).[2] propaganda has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] propaganda is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

Entities named for propaganda include Agit-prop[33], a vocal group[34], in Finland[35], founded in 1970[36].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . euskaltzaindia.eus. Retrieved . euskaltzaindia.eus. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [33] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Used by
    On focus list of wikimedia project Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have, Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Subclass of manipulation, communication, information campaign +1
    Instance of genre, manipulation, human activity
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 5617, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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