"Propaganda has become something of a dirty word. Until the end of the 19th century 'it held a neutral meaning, true to its Latin route: the propagation of a particular doctrine or practise. Today, propaganda holds implicitly political – and negative – connotations" (Anon, 2012). Thought history visual imagery has been used as a key mode of persuasion. There is no more effective way to instantly grasp peoples attention and in turn enforce a certain message or idea upon them, certainly in the instance of political propaganda. From bright, striking colours, to bold and crude slogans, the use of the visual arts in political campaigns has proved incredibly influential among all. Despite there being a wide array of styles and mediums within which propaganda is created, one aspect remains the same. That we are constantly being told what to think, what to believe, when in reality the majority of the information that we are receiving is loaded with biased that can never be taken at face value.
From the propaganda of the Nazi and Soviet regimes, to the information published in newspapers today, the imagery that we receive has been censored. Thus, despite its purpose to be to inform and teach us something, we are only being fed a certain angle of the truth.