Though it is blurry, it is evident that this map works as a propaganda map. It's purpose is to promote a particular political issue, (marijuana dispensaries) in a biased fashion. In this map, we can clearly see two things, icons that represent medical marijuana dispensaries and cups that represent Starbucks coffee locations. The article attached to the map states that the creator claims that there are more medical marijuana dispensaries than there are Starbucks locations. The author of the article itself criticizes the creator and says that the numbers found in this map are not true. There are far fewer dispensaries than Starbucks locations. Obviously in the creation of the map, a street view map of the San Francisco area was imported from most likely Google. They then, using huge bias, added false information on the map to skew the views of the readers. For someone who may have not read the article attached to the map, they may be led to believe that the information in it is true, that there are in fact more dispensaries than Starbucks. That could be a very detrimental thing because it could seriously sway people's opinions on drug wars based on this biased map with inaccurate information. Therefore, if this map were to be given to someone who is "on the fence" or uneducated on the drug war issue, this map could definitely serve as a propaganda map to sway opinions.
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