Let me tell you that I was born in a country that had the Soviet Union as a neighbor, than it didn't for 25 years, and then it did again when they invaded Crimea. So I got to see a lot of Russian propaganda, and some of it was used with little modification by the old communist regime here. I didn't catch it then, but looking in hindsight at the video you can't help but notice the similarities to what you have said. I didn't even know that there was a classification but you could tell it was propaganda even as a child :)
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That's so interesting - I actually really get into the propaganda usage in next week's video, so I'd be interested to hear your take on that one seeing as you're actually from that region and would've seen a lot of this particular style, I'm sure.
Many of those same techniques are still used today, and not just in propaganda! Documentary is one in particular - Which in some way bothers me, because true documentary is devoid of agenda, but I'd argue that most docs that come out these days have a blatant intention to convince you as the viewer of whatever it is they're covering. And of course, if you as the viewer don't necessarily know what you're looking at, or how editing can be used to manipulate, then it can easily be taken as "truth"! Hence why propaganda actually works as well as it does!
We call that propaganda, too :D
Can't wait for the next.