User talk:Dlaird1

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Hello, Dlaird1, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on discussion pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place  before the question. Again, welcome! __ Just plain Bill (talk) 21:42, 26 December 2011 (UTC)
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Sourcing
These sources, taken from your user page, may be useful when writing something about propaganda in recent US history, aimed at Americans:
 * Also, please see Canadian author Daniel Gardner's >The Science of Fear< (2009), "Chapter 11: Terrified of Terrorism," pages 246-288, and sociologist Barry Glassner's >The Culture of Fear< (2009)pages 233-236 "9/11 All the Time" and 236-240 "The Bush Administration's Fear Machine."

You may, with some digging, find sourcing for the "delusion" model you proposed, of how propaganda works. (It is possible that Ross's epistemic merit model does not go far enough in addressing the cognitive processes exploited by propagandists.) The social psychology section could stand a lot of expansion.

Given the ideological slant of the Wikipedia editors you have bumped into so far, you will need to cast things in supportable language that allows a robust defense. The threat, posted on your user page about being blocked from editing, is premature, and in my opinion transgresses the bounds of civility, assumption of good faith, and not biting the newcomers. Sorry that showed up so early in your Wikipedia career. Regards, __ Just plain Bill (talk) 21:42, 26 December 2011 (UTC)