Persuasion And Propaganda

 Everyday and everywhere, we seem to find ourselves surrounded by advertisements that only promote or showcase a product or a way of living. It is quite interesting when we start to believe that we may not think at all like we want to but that we may be influenced by these kinds of propaganda that constantly persuades us to act in a way that follows the advertisement and not what we may believe or reason.

One example of persuasion and propaganda is seen with the recent creation of the new I phone 5 which seems to attract everyone's attention thanks to the incorporation of new features and the constant display of media that "orders" us to buy it. As opposed to this urgent need to buying it, I have found an article which uses examples of persuasion in order to reason with all of these advertisements.

Here's the link: http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-19512_7-57512927-233/why-you-should-wait-a-few-months-to-buy-the-iphone-5/

The main title of this article is "Why you should wait a few months to buy the iphone 5" and I believe that this article is quite persuasive from the beginning as it states a common phrase which we seem to use and that is "living under a rock" or in other words, without the necessary knowledge of technology and then it effectively cuts this humor when we read "don't do it." It also states good reasons in bold and then it explains them in great detail which is quite persuasive as people (as myself) need good reasons in order to be persuaded.

The constant use of propaganda and persuasion I believe it has corroded our minds and our way of thinking which has actually blinded the truth from those that let themselves be influenced, as most of the propaganda is biased and for one benefit; money.