Blog Post #11: EOTO Other Group Presentation, Awareness

     Group 1's presentation focused on Awareness and how a lot of our perceived awareness of things can be very different from what is actually reality. A lot of their topics focused on some forms of misinformation, which I found interesting.

    To begin, they spoke about propaganda. Propaganda is information given out that is usually of a biased nature, or even one that is purposely misleading to the audience it is trying to reach. There are countless examples of propaganda being used, mostly in war. It's most famous usage is definitely it's various uses in World War II, particularly by the Axis Powers.

    Propaganda can also be used to spread disinformation, a concept in itself entirely. It is entirely false information that is used to mislead people and, in some ways, "brainwash" them into believing what they are told despite the fact it may not be true.

        The final show of misinformation presented by the group was that of false flags. False flags are used as a way to hide responsibility for actions and or to make people believe an action should be taken when in reality that reason has been exaggerated or blatantly fabricated. 

    An example of false flags are those that were presented by Russia that were used as incentive for the people to want to invade Ukraine. On a frequent basis, Russia would use their false flags as a way to justify their eventual invasion of Ukraine.