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mc32
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Kinda but advertising was called propaganda in some places before the term was marred by WWII and was afterwards rebranded as advertising.
mAEStro-paNDa
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It was rebranded "public relations", as noted in the referenced documentary. A central figure in the film is Edward Bernays, who was referred to as "the father of public relations".
stOneskull
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A very interesting character he is
dangerlibrary
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In some languages it was never rebranded (I believe the Portuguese word for "advertisement" is just "propaganda")
cptaj
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In spanish too. Although depending on region and context you might also use publicidad.
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It was the 1920s after WWI.
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