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Black propaganda


  • Here are entered works on propaganda that is presented as being issued from a source other than the true source.
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    • Camouflaged propaganda
    • Deceptive source propaganda
    • False source propaganda
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    • found: Work cat.: Black propaganda in the Second World War, c2005:p. 4 (Black propaganda hides its origin behind false signatures, often purports to be produced by clandestine groups within enemy country, or even from target audience's own authorities; stresses failures of ruling elite; success of black propaganda depends on concealment of its true origin) p. 5 (Germans coined term "camouflaged propaganda")
    • found: Catalogue of British black propaganda to Germany, 1941-1945, 1977.
    • found: "Radio warfare: OSS and CIA subversive propaganda" (book review) American historical review, 1990:p. 1660 (black propaganda, which falsely identified its source; an example was the Office of Srategic Services radio station code-named "Charlie" which beamed into Japanese-occupied Canton China)
    • found: Black propaganda--the Morale Operations branch of the Office of Strategic Services, c2004.
    • found: Wikipedia, June 18, 2006:black propaganda (Black propaganda is propaganda that purports to be from a source on one side of a conflict, but is actually from the opposing side; in contrast to grey propaganda, the source of which is not identified, and white propaganda, in which the real source is declared)
  • General Notes

    • Here are entered works on propaganda that is presented as being issued from a source other than the true source.
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  • Change Notes

    • 2006-06-20: new
    • 2006-08-07: revised
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