Talk:Agitprop

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[edit] Great Examples

Great examples of Agitprop:

[edit] Obligatory

In Soviet Russia, information propagates YOU! Project2501a 09:44, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)

  • Okay, 15 points for Project2501a; You made me smile. Well done -- ViaBest 17:06, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

The statement that "propaganda could mean dissemination of any kind of beneficial knowledge, e.g., of new methods in agriculture" doesn't countenance the disaster of Lysenko.

[edit] POV and Factual Incorrectness

"Such groups as the International Socialists are often seen today as being merely vehicles for agitprop because of their lack of involvement with the working class - their only source of members today being university students."

This is obviously POV, not to mention being factually incorrect. I'm deleting this sentence rather than sticking a POV marker on it because it seems to me that it doesn't support the article in any way, nor add any kind of understanding. It seems to simply be a dig at socialists, which is fun in the pub, but inappropriate in a Encyclopedia article.

In fact, due to the obvious POV nature of the latter part of the second sentence of this paragraph:

"Fundamentalist Christian websites that promote a return to pre-1960s ideals in such areas as music, literature, family life etc. might also be described as agitprop, though they rarely are in practice."

And the use of the term 'pre-sixties ideals' (which is absolutely meaningless, and devoid of historical basis) I'm deleting the paragraph these two sentences form. If someone would like to come up with better or better worded examples, please do.

[edit] Translation request

Any chance of a translation of the russian that appears in the new picture? Or at least a description of the subject matter?

click at the image. mikka (t) 20:19, 22 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Merge Proposal

I have just proposed the merger of Agitative propaganda into this article. Pascal.Tesson 01:44, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] A ref for future use

  • [1] С. Якобсон, Г. Д. Лассвелл ПЕРВОМАЙСКИЕ ЛОЗУНГИ В СОВЕТСКОЙ РОССИИ (1918 - 1943) (Политическая лингвистика. - Выпуск (1)21. - Екатеринбург, 2007. - С. 123-141)