News propaganda also can be motivated by national security reasons, especially in times of war or domestic upheaval.
[2] Jason Stanley, who is an American philosopher and professor of philosophy at Yale University, he defines the characteristics of propaganda as the service of either supporting or eroding ideals.
[3] Historically, print outlets have been a less common source of news propaganda than other forms of media.
[4] Going back as early as World War II, radio has been used as a form through which news propaganda could be disseminated – the government of Nazi Germany used radio to spread its ideals throughout Europe, as well as the United Kingdom, to drum up sympathy from countries like the US when the Germans had the upper hand.
This type of environment has been used by state and non-state actors as a common method of deploying propaganda, as well as information warfare.