Thursday, January 19, 2012

What is the difference, in your opinion between marketing, advertising, and propaganda?

What is the difference, in your opinion (don’t look up definitions) between marketing, advertising, and propaganda?

I believe that the three terms are all very similar and overlap a little in definition. I believe that marketing is a broad term that both advertising and propaganda can fit into. Marketing is the process of making products more appealing to the consumers. Advertising is part of marketing, but it is really about getting the product on peoples mind and stimulating demand though commercials, signs and such. Propaganda is on the extreme end of advertising because it is using misinformation and other tactics to manipulate people towards a certain view point, usually a political view like in North Korea.