A reference, not a referee
Propagandized catalogs the techniques of propaganda and manipulation, shows them at work in a century of posters and advertising, and explains how not to fall for them.
What the site is
Propagandized is a reference. Each of its technique entries describes one mechanism of persuasion that works by bypassing judgment rather than informing it: what the technique does, which habit of mind it exploits, how to recognize it, and what the counter-move is. Entries are grouped into seven families, cross-linked to the fallacy and the cognitive bias behind them, and illustrated with cited examples from history, advertising, and public health.
The archive is the other half. Posters, leaflets, and advertisements from public collections are reproduced under the rights noted on each item, and annotated pin by pin so that a reader can see where on the sheet a technique is doing its work.
What it is not
The site does not grade claims, campaigns, or people. A technique being present says nothing about whether the claim it carries is true; persuasion is not the same as deception, and a fair argument can be dressed in the same clothes as an unfair one. Contemporary political examples appear in matched pairs or not at all, and the site does not cover live elections. The editorial policy sets out the rules in full.
How it relates to logicalfallacies.org
Propagandized is built alongside logicalfallacies.org, by the same publisher. Fallacies are how arguments fail; these are how they are made to work anyway. Each technique links to the fallacy and the bias behind it, and the fallacy and bias pages link back.
Who makes it
Propagandized is written and edited by a small independent team and published from the United States. The technique catalog draws on the Institute for Propaganda Analysis's 1937 list and on the standard academic works on propaganda, persuasion, and public relations, each cited on the page that uses it. Corrections are welcome and are acknowledged on the page they improve.
Money
The reference, the archive, and the tools are free to read and use. The site is paid for by educator materials, in preparation, that gather the same content into printable units. There is no advertising and no tracking.