Argument, Persuasion, or Propaganda? Argument Persuasion Propaganda Goal Discover the Promote an opinion on a Offer advertising” for a “political particular position that is rooted particular position that may distort in truth the truth or include false information General Offers good reasoning and Uses personal, emotional, or Relies on emotions and values to Technique evidence to persuade an moral appeal to convince an persuade an audience to accept a audience to accept a audience to adopt a particular particular position point of view “truth” Methods Considers other May considers other perspectives Focuses on its own message, perspectives on the issue on the issue without considering positions Offers that support Blends facts and emotion to make Relies on biases and assumptions the reasons (in other its case, relying often on opinion and may distort or alter evidence words, provides evidence) to make the case May predict the results of Predicts and evaluates the accepting the position, especially Ignores the consequence of consequences of accepting if the information will help accepting a particular position the argument convince the reader to adopt the opinion
Argument, Persuasion, or Propaganda? Argument Persuasion Propaganda Goal Discover the Promote an opinion on a particular position that is rooted in truth Offer “political advertising” for a particular position that may distort the truth or include false information General Technique Offers good reasoning and evidence to persuade an audience to accept a “truth” Uses personal, emotional, or moral appeal to convince an audience to adopt a particular point of view Relies on emotions and values to persuade an audience to accept a particular position Methods Considers other perspectives on the issue Offers that support the reasons (in other words, provides evidence) Predicts and evaluates the consequences of accepting the argument May considers other perspectives on the issue Blends facts and emotion to make its case, relying often on opinion May predict the results of accepting the position, especially if the information will help convince the reader to adopt the opinion Focuses on its own message, without considering positions Relies on biases and assumptions and may distort or alter evidence to make the case Ignores the consequence of accepting a particular position
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