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The rise of fascist Germany has taught society that we must be aware of who controls the media, otherwise we are vulnerable to manipulation by today's propagandists. Propaganda is defined as the dissemination of ideas and information for the purpose of inducing or intensifying specific attitudes and actions. Although propaganda was not new a new phenomena founded in Nazi Germany, never before had it influenced public opinion to the extent that it did. By communicating …

…s the key to controlling them. Today's media, such as television and music have become so entwined in modern culture, that society is just as vulnerable to the effects of propaganda as Europeans were during the earlier part of this century. Modern advertising in itself, has become a form of propaganda and only those individuals who are able to decipher the truth from the fabricated fiction will be able to withstand conforming with the masses.