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Hanoi Hannah, the North Vietnamese radio broadcaster during the Vietnam War, used psychological warfare through targeted propaganda to demoralize American soldiers, employing emotional appeals, selective information, and cultural references to shape perceptions, as noted in sources detailing her broadcasts. Modern propaganda parallels her tactics through social media platforms, where emotional manipulation, misinformation, and narrative control are amplified by algorithms that prioritize polarizing content, as seen in the rapid spread of "fake news" during recent elections. Like Hannah’s use of music and personal taunts to engage soldiers, today’s propagandists leverage memes, viral videos, and tailored messaging to exploit confirmation bias and inflame divisions. While Hannah’s radio reached a limited audience, the internet’s global reach makes modern propaganda more pervasive, yet both rely on controlling narratives to influence public opinion, often blurring truth to serve political ends.[](https://www.bookey.app/quote-author/hanoi-hannah)[](https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-04-27/hanoi-hannah-communist-vietnams-best-known-propagandist-revisited)[](https://sites.create.ou.edu/paigevbrown/2024/10/11/the-evolution-of-propaganda/)
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