Explain the term ‘propaganda’ giving an example.

Short Answer:

Propaganda is the use of a variety of communication techniques that create an emotional appeal to accept a particular belief or opinion, to adopt a certain behavior or to perform a particular action.

For example an atheist group might feel that publications from a church are propaganda, while the church might feel that it is simply distributing information to interested members of the public

Long Answer:

Propaganda is the use of a variety of communication techniques that create an emotional appeal to accept a particular belief or opinion, to adopt a certain behavior or to perform a particular action. There is some disagreement about whether all persuasive communication is propagandistic or whether the propaganda label can only be applied to dishonest messages. E.g.: "If you are a good citizen having faith in what Mahatma Gandhi propagated then you should show disagreement towards armament policy even though, this is the new propaganda of our government.” It consists of a systematic spreading or communication of a doctrine, ideology, or idea of value to the speaker which appeals to the feelings, passions and prejudices of people rather than to their reason. Merely stating an ideology or doctrine does not constitute propaganda. The ideology or doctrine must be spread through a system of communication events with the long-term goal of getting the audience to adopt a new way of thinking . 

Public speakers make use of this method of reasoning to make people believe their own ideologies. For example an atheist group might feel that publications from a church are propaganda, while the church might feel that it is simply distributing information to interested members of the public