Propaganda Techniques
Date Submitted: 08/04/2001 05:19:18
Category: / Social Sciences / Communication Studies
Length: 3 pages (708 words)
Category: / Social Sciences / Communication Studies
Length: 3 pages (708 words)
Have you ever seen a TV commercial portraying a disastrous automobile accident, and then it reminds you to wear your seatbelts? Believe it or not, that's using a technique in propaganda called the fear appeal. Propaganda is more widespread than people imagine. Propaganda is being used to sell goods from the baby food you feed your child to the TV commercial "Spoiled Milk," you laughed at last night. There are many techniques that a propagandist …
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…pleasures of springtime by merely lighting one of their cigarettes.
In order to have a clearer understanding of propaganda and its variety, people must recognize propaganda, analyze it and react accordingly. People must be able to distinguish propaganda in line with their own interests and the interests of civilization. If we don't recognize bad propaganda our future could be at stake. Bad propaganda could distort our views and threaten to undermine our civilization.
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