TY - JOUR AU - Steuter, Erin PY - 2010/04/26 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Truth is the First Casualty of War: media and propaganda JF - TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology JA - TRAILS VL - IS - SE - DO - UR - https://trails.asanet.org/article/view/truth-is-the-first-casualty-of-war-media-and SP - AB - Language is a very powerful tool for shaping public opinion. In times of war, it can be used to demonize an enemy and rally people to a cause. Propaganda refers to information that serves a particular agenda. The information may be true or false. If true, it is often one sided and fails to paint a complete picture. The media use a variety of techniques to present propaganda such as the bandwagon effect, plain folks technique and scapegoating. ER -