Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
8.2
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
6106
Points per Word
0.000164
Description
This text looks at how politicians use propaganda to inform the public of their ideas and opinions. It explores how propaganda is a key part of a working democracy, but also considers how, taken to extremes, it can be used to destroy democratic freedoms.