Since the time of Plato and Aristotle philosophers have had an interest in taking note of common fallacies in reasoning.

The best goal for propaganda analysis is to develop such an understanding of the phenomenon that it will no longer be profitable for people to engage in it.

Propaganda analysis can contribute to world peace by exposing those techniques that lead to armed conflict by creating misapprehension of reality.

There are many other ways in which language can be used to manipulate an audience. one obvious way is to simply lie.

Aristotle writes that persuasion is based on three things: the ethos, or personal character of the speaker; the pathos, or getting the audience into the right kind of emotional receptivity; and the logos, or the argument itself, carried out by abbreviated syllogisms, or something like deductive syllogisms, and by the use of example.

There are many special interests skilful at manipulating circumstances and communications in such a way as to benefit their own ends and not necessarily the public good.

In a general way, a major goal of the propagandist is to seek some kind of authoritative backing for the belief he or she is propagating.