Editing Disinformation (section)

===Comparisons with propaganda===
Whether and to what degree disinformation and propaganda overlap is subject to debate. Some (like [[U.S. Department of State]]) define propaganda as the use of non-rational arguments to either advance or undermine a political ideal, and use disinformation as an alternative name for undermining propaganda,<ref>{{citation|url=https://www.state.gov/documents/organization/271028.pdf|date= May 2017|archive-date=30 March 2019|title=Can public diplomacy survive the internet?|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190330160444/https://www.state.gov/documents/organization/271028.pdf}}</ref>{{Page needed|date=March 2025}} while others consider them to be separate concepts altogether.<ref>{{citation|url=https://www.interpretermag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/The_Menace_of_Unreality_Final.pdf|date=2014|title= The Menace of Unreality: How the Kremlin Weaponizes Information, Culture and Money|publisher=Institute of Modern Russia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190203160823/https://www.interpretermag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/The_Menace_of_Unreality_Final.pdf |archive-date=3 February 2019 }}</ref> One popular distinction holds that disinformation also describes politically motivated messaging designed explicitly to engender public cynicism, uncertainty, apathy, distrust, and paranoia, all of which disincentivize citizen engagement and mobilization for social or political change.<ref name=ned/>