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online propaganda campaign

online propaganda campaign

5.6
A planned online effort to spread ideas or false information to change people's opinions
  • noun
  • /ˈɑnˌlaɪn prəˈpæɡəndə kæmˈpeɪn/
  • Texting
translation icon : campaña de propaganda en línea
  • Researchers exposed an elaborate online propaganda campaign targeting social media users with disinformation.

Examples

  • The government allegedly orchestrated an online propaganda campaign to sway the outcome of the election.

  • The government launched an online propaganda campaign to boost public morale.

  • Many people are unaware when they are being influenced by a coordinated online propaganda campaign.

  • Many organizations use an online propaganda campaign to sway voters.

  • Researchers exposed an elaborate online propaganda campaign targeting social media users with disinformation.

  • The government allegedly orchestrated an online propaganda campaign to sway the outcome of the election.

  • Many organizations use an online propaganda campaign to sway voters.

Synonyms

propaganda
vsonline propaganda campaign
291 6.2

Information spread on purpose to many people to help some people or hurt others

is carried out specifically through the internet to influence opinion or behavior
smear campaign
vsonline propaganda campaign
16 5.5

An organized effort to hurt someone's reputation by making false or unfair accusations

focuses on influencing public opinion or behavior broadly rather than only attacking reputation

How Organized

online propaganda campaign
  • Texting
5.6
series
1.8
post
  • Texting
3.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

online + propaganda + campaign

All three constituents contribute directly to the overall meaning: 'online' specifies the internet medium, 'propaganda' denotes information spread to influence, and 'campaign' signals a planned coordinated effort. A B1 learner who knows these words can readily infer this refers to a coordinated effort to spread propaganda via the internet, so the expression is compositionally transparent.

Etymology

Online propaganda campaign comes from the idea of a campaign, many people working together, using propaganda, messages meant to persuade, but done online, on the internet. So the image of many repeated messages pushed across the web helps explain why it means 'a coordinated effort to influence public opinion or behavior'.