(I) Ideas or statements that may be false or exaggerated and that are used in order to gain support for a political leader, party, etc. are referred to as “propaganda”. (II) Propagandists emphasize the elements of information that support their position and de-emphasize or exclude those that do not. (III) In Germany, the Nazis censored information the 1930s and incited hatred against the non-Nazis. (IV) Misleading statements and even lies may be used to create the desired effect in the public. (V) Lobbying, advertising, and missionary activity are all forms of propaganda, but the term is most commonly used in the political arena.