Blog post 9

The illusory truth effect is when people hear false information relatively, they start believing it. 

For example, in Nazi Germany, Hitler used propaganda and repeated information. Hitler lied to everyone when he gave speeches and reiterated that it was the Jews' fault that Germany was in ruins. Hitler also taught his ideas in schools where they could be replicated to kids daily, so they believed them. He also told people that he would rebuild Germany to where it was before WWI and more. He also told people that the Arion race was superior, and because he repeated this multiple times, people started believing him about this as well. Hitler also repeated the undesirables' ideas that anyone who wasn't German was handicapped, Jewish, gay, and black. Hitler even locked down people who tried to write wrong about his ideas to keep people believing in his campaign and regime. 

America also uses this for campaigns. For example, Woodrow Wilson's campaign was that he would keep America out of the war. He repeated this, and everyone thought he would do anything to keep America out of the fighting because it wasn't America's problem. He then got elected by those principles, but later on, he joined in WW1. Another campaign that used this was the Trump campaign. He said that he would "Make America Great Again." He said this in almost every speech during his campaign and noted he would build a wall on the American and Mexican border. He made many Americans think he would do these things because he repeated them every time he spoke and reaped them on signs and flags. 

Even companies use this tactic as well. When you see the same ad repeatedly, they are trying to put in your head that this product is good and try to make you believe whatever they are showing is true. For example, when Im watching hockey, I see the same three commercials and can guarantee that I will see a Burger King commercial come on and talk about how their burgers are better than other companies. 

Social media can also use this tactic as well. When scrolling through Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and ect may see many posts about the same topic. Then if you click or tap on a particular image or video, the social media app will push to send more of that information that way. Then some news on social media platforms is false. Many are photoshopped, edited audio, and can even have false information. Then when you look at one more of the same or similar information comes up. This creates an endless loop of false information.