Pollaganda

The term pollaganda, a portmanteau comprised of the words "poll" and "propaganda", refers to a usage of political polling for the purposes of propaganda.

According to [http://www.patriotpost.us The Patriot Post] ...

"Pollaganda is outcome-based opinion samples (polling instruments designed to generate a preferential outcome) based on prior-opinion indoctrination or cultivation by the media, the results of which are then used to manipulate public opinion further by advancing the perception that a particular opinion on an issue has majority support, and then presenting this "data" as if it were "news."

The earliest recorded use of the term is in [http://archive.patriotpost.us/pub/00-07_Digest/ The Patriot Post] , on February 16, 2000.

External links

* [http://patriotpost.us/news/pollaganda.asp Pollaganda]
* [http://patriotpost.us/alexander/edition.asp?id=479 Pollaganda -- media polls as instruments of propaganda]
* [http://patriotpost.us/alexander/edition.asp?id=274 Pollaganda: The Fourth Estate and Public Opinion]