Me and the Media by Kees van het Hof

The President of Turkey Erdogan’s tweet at 1:00 PM, 11 Feb 2025 (propaganda)

2025-02-11 15:31:32 UTC

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2024/nov/12/propaganda-100-years-of-fear-manipulation-and-persuasion-in-pictures

2025-02-16 23:10:04 UTC

This poster does not provide any information about drugs just labels drug addicts as not normal.

Glittering generality: word ‘’normal” in this poster is emotionally charged. It tries to persuade people that being drug free is good

Bandwagon: it tries to highlight that there is a larger group of people being drug-free

Spreading Lies to confuse voters

2025-02-17 15:42:50 UTC

This image is fake news meant to mislead people about a politician. It could make voters doubt or dislike him.They would think he is not capable of making decisions even if he went ahead and vied for the political seat. I do think it was effective since he vied and lost the election

"UKRAINE WILL WIN" "No Amount of Propaganda Can Hide the Fact that Ukraine is Winning this War"

2025-02-17 16:37:18 UTC

For the past three years, the mainstream media has consistently painted a picture of Ukraine's inevitable victory in its conflict with Russia. In July 2023, President Biden even said that Russia had already lost the war. The people in the mainstream who questioned Ukraine’s chances of success were often dismissed as "Russian assets" or "Putin's puppets." However, it now appears that both the U.S. and the EU were likely aware from the beginning of Ukraine's slim chances of winning, considering Russia’s population is four times larger and that Russia possesses nuclear weapons, while Ukraine does not.

Last month, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte stated, "All of NATO, from Los Angeles to Ankara, produces in a year the same amount of weapons that Russia is able to produce in just three months." This suggests that the true interests of the U.S. and the EU may not be rooted in supporting Ukraine's democracy and freedom, as they claim. Instead, the human cost in Ukraine seems to be secondary as long as it serves the strategic goal of weakening Russia's military capabilities.

American hawks have repeatedly stated, "We can be at war with Russia without losing a single American soldier." While Putin is undoubtedly a war criminal, the U.S. and the EU governments also have responsibility for convincing Zelenskyy to abandon the peace deal in March 2022—an agreement that would have ceded less than half of the territory which is now under Russian occupation. For the loss of that opportunity, Ukraine has paid the price with the death of hundreds of thousands of lives.

2025-02-18 10:49:49 UTC

This is a Turkish propaganda poster from the first years of the republic. While encouraging people to vote, it uses illustrations of women voting to encourage them to follow in the footsteps of Ataturk, who gave women the right to vote The purpose of the poster is to show that people in Turkey make their own choices which is a propoganda because in those years there was only one man they could vote for, there was no other option.

Propaganda poster Nederland

2025-02-18 11:21:36 UTC

Brazilian propaganda on the military from the 1960s

2025-05-06 09:38:53 UTC

Brazil military dictatorship banner inviting countrymen to join the army to continue instilling power on the military. It heavily takes notes from the former Uncle Sam propaganda from the US, almost mimicking the same style.

2025-11-25 12:31:04 UTC

Russia

2025-11-25 12:38:48 UTC

Russia aims at kids by introducing war matters through positive themes. In the Patriot Park, there are many war-themed activities - playgrounds with full gear and weapons; Laser tag in "Afghanistan", and much more. In other locations, kids are shown how to create tank like toys and draw vehicles of war.

Russia: billboard

2025-11-25 12:57:20 UTC

Russia loves using billboard and posters to spread their message to the citizens and expose them to this perspective. "The war is won in the fire", with a Z in the background - the symbol the Russian army uses. Second photo: "Everything will work out for us!", once again with a Z symbol. The Russian Government likes to represent Russia as the victim in this situation, that they are only defending themselves, so they are reassuring the citizens that they'll be okay. Next image recruits people by saying "Special war operation" participants will be rewarded with a lot of money, 800 thousand roubles, though many people have come out to say that it's a lie. Fourth picture states "Let's rebirth Donbass together!" which is a part of Ukraine. The image is from two years ago.

Following two images are more examples of the propaganda.

Russia’s war propoganda and manipulation tactic that was basically a human trafficking scam

2026-04-21 09:51:10 UTC

“It all began with a classified report from the National Intelligence Service in Kenya that disclosed that state officials had colluded with Russian traffickers in this effort and even pointed to the involvement of the Russian Foreign Ministry, which vehemently deniesthe accusations. Since this issue came to light, propaganda videos from “influencers” glamorizing the situation have also come to the fore. To take a closer look at what is happening, we must begin with an analysis of a preemptive shift in Russian citizenship laws.” “Following Decree No. 821, Russia openly increased military recruitment propaganda campaigns on TikTok, Facebook, Telegram, YouTube, and VKontakte (a Russian version of Facebook. Although the campaigns are clear in stating that the work opportunities are military-related, they tout benefits that some individuals never receive. Promoted opportunities include one-year service contracts with a monthly stipend of 204,000 rubles (about $2,500), a signing bonus of 2–3 million rubles (about $24,630 – $37,000), and citizenship eligibility for the applicant and his or her family. While recruitment primarily targets men, it also reaches women, enticing them into positions in drone assembly and factory work.”

I’m not sure how close the first part of the article is to propoganda since it’s just straight up lying to Kenyan civilians that they would get jobs as e.g. mall security guards etc, but they ended up being trafficked and thrown into the frontline of the war. The second part however, clearly states that leading up to the “military trafficking/human trafficking trick” there has been a lot of war propoganda coming from Russia and also still going on even after this news came out.

Propaganda by Lego or Iran or Trump?

kees_vanhethof — 2026-04-24 09:33:31 UTC

Interesting story about memes used in the Middle East war. Iran is a heavy producer, Trump/USA tries to respond in their own style. The narratives are speaking for themselves.