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History of Propaganda

21st Century Propaganda

United States

National Youth Anti Drug Campaign Anti-smoking campaigns that aired in the United States between 1999-2000 were state-sponsored to decrease the amounts of youth smoking. The 'Truth' anti-smoking campaign was created to target 12-17 year old to decrease youth smoking in the United States. February 2004 the 'Truth' anti-smoking campaign started to show up on televised commercials to expose youth of the dangers of tobacco and smoking. The televised campaign used provocative tactics to decrease the amount of youth using tobacco and to change attitudes towards the tobacco industry.

Propaganda aimed at U.S. citizens

Russian nationals used different propaganda tools to interfere with the United States 2016 election between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. Russia created political propaganda for the United States 2016 election to confuse voters from interpreting which news information was false or misleading. Different tactics used to interfere with the United States 2016 included fake social media accounts on Twitter, Facebook, and other cites, false political rallies, and online political advertisements. Russian nationals used new online propaganda which "is not to convince or persuade", but rather to cause distraction and paranoia. The Select Committee On Intelligence in the United States Senate found that technology aided to providing more convincing and realistic propaganda.