Essays on Propaganda

Introduction

According to Jowett & O’Donnell (1), propaganda is a method of communication which tries to elicit a response that propagates the desired intention of the propagandist. The art of propaganda has been studied in an array of multidisciplinary researches in the fields of journalism, sociology, history, political science and psychology. To study the art of propaganda as history means examining propagandist practices as distinct events and the resultant events as likely effects of propaganda. Nazi films were predominantly propagandist in that they aimed at influencing attitudes on life in a given context, and in terms of particular people and Continue reading...

Propaganda in China by the ruling party, Communist Party of China (CCP) can be traced back to the talk held in 1942 by Mao Zedong, in the Rectification Movement. The talk was the beginning of a new political era as the party adopted a propaganda ideology which would become their key campaign mechanism. The propaganda mechanism, which was borrowed from the Nazi and the soviet among other totalitarian states, became the party’s major control system (Min, 2003). The CCP party in accommodating the propaganda ideology employed various thought techniques which included construction of role models, mass mobilization initiatives, Continue reading...

- Zinser points out several positive and negative aspects of what he calls “fake news shows”. He closely examines “The Dailey Show”, he points out that these types of shows are harmful because they often report fake news that is not verified or had sources checked. He also states that “The Daily Show” doesn’t present a clear picture of the news stories and often only offers partial truths and filled in with bias or satire. Zinser questions if comedians have the correct credentials to present news. He also states that the goal of these shows is to entertain Continue reading...

Once called the Great War, World War I differed from previous national and regional skirmishes in many respects. Not only was it a "practice run for racial cleansing", i.e. the uniquely characteristic genocidal practices of World War II, but World War I was the first international conflict that used propaganda on a massive scale. For the first time in history, the mass media appropriated both the resources and power to manipulate the minds of opposing nationalities -- and the civilians of World War I were its primary casualty.
During World War I, propaganda consisted of either outright lies, or Continue reading...

In this film by David Gill and company, the main theme is how propaganda was used to shape the word during the world war. By watching this film, one gets the impression that Hollywood and the film industry in general corroborated with government agencies to circulate propaganda business before the war. This TV episode concentrates on describing how the film industry in America surpassed Europe and how matters were handled during the war. Among the most terrifying scenes in the film is when the actors showed how the film industry deplored violence, going further to endorse it. D.W. Griffith Continue reading...

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The Cold war which was a term coined by Walter Lippman lasted from 1947 to 1991. After the World War II, the world was divided into two: the ‘liberated’ West and the socialist East. The two world powers headed by the United States of America and the USSR used media, literature, and entertainment to antagonize each other. It was a psychological warfare that aimed at winning the hearts and minds of people. Lippman coined the term cold war because of the lack of direct military war between the two powers. In the propaganda warfare, it distorted information gathered Continue reading...

The research is about how corporate propaganda affects the youth culture. Propaganda is getting certain information and using it to fulfill ones personal interests. So when an individual uses various platforms such as the media to achieve whatever he or she is wants is called corporate propaganda. Politicians are a good example of those people use corporate propaganda to make sure the politics at hand are in their favor. In most cases, propagandists use manipulation of masses such as the youth to make them believe whatever they are claiming. [Thesis] Propagandists focus on the youth because they are easily Continue reading...

People in all countries have always been attracted to youth groups because they can identify with the activities of that group. This paper will demonstrate how one youth movement called the Wunderbirds created a place to belong for many German youth after World War I. The idealism and propaganda used by such German Youth groups created an identity by reacting to a common enemy in the years leading up to the war (1922-1939). The Youth of Germany were challenging the status quo; reacting against an older generation of Germans that were accused of the country’s social problems after Continue reading...

Q1.
- The book, King Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild is indeed a great expose of the atrocities committed on the people of Africa's Congo under the greedy rule of King Leopold II of Belgium. Notably, there are quite a number of personalities who played a critical role in exposing Leopold’s Congo activities through various methods that in turn worked out well. The personalities included, among others: First and foremost, George Washington Williams way back in 1890. Being a black American missionary from the United States, he was astounded by the revelations he found out in the process. Continue reading...

Nineteen Eighty Four is a dystopian novel written by Gorge Orwell in 1948 and was later published in 1949. The novel depicts a totalitarian dystopian world where all the citizens are constantly brainwashed and are forced to be equal. The people in the book are forced to work for big brother without any freedom as their rights are infringed. The party in the novel suppresses the people’s thinking by making them equal in addition to creating fear in them through strict laws and propaganda in order to stop them from resisting (Bowker 102). Through this book, Orwell warns Continue reading...

Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising by Ann McClintock discusses how advertisements are playing with people’s sub-conscience. People are made to believe that what the product is offering is their need which leads them to purchase most products. McClintock views propaganda in terms of card stacking and bandwagon. Card stacking is a technique which makes potential customers to believe the product by presenting half truth to them. The company uses card stacking to attract the customer towards itself and distract them from competitor products. Bandwagon is a technique which pressurizes people to purchase a product because if they Continue reading...

1984 assignment
1984 is the classic novel where power dominates and where the aphorisms which are present permeate the text. The book’s opening where Winston Smith goes into his squalid apartment conveys the depressive atmosphere which also permeates Smith’s thinking. The aphorisms commence from the very beginning since we have parallels with the life of the poor and those in justices which are part and parcel of society and intrinsic to the suffering of those who are at a disadvantage.
War is an important aspect of everything and this is no less present in 1984. The futuristic Continue reading...

The classic association of the country of The United States of America is the word “Freedom.” The United States is synonymous with “the land of the free.” It is core to the values of the US where in American democracy freedoms is considered essential to citizen’s way of life. The definition of democracy is an organization of government in which people have a say in policies, and are educated enough to make informed decisions. A “good” democracy then requires a way for them to determine what is going on in their government in country in order to make Continue reading...

Introduction

The following essay emphasizes on how things like the internet, government, and family affect people’s belief and make life become more of what people believe. In order to present this argument and give it a full meaning, the essay uses the transformative character of the propaganda demonstrated from the reading on chapter 8 to 12. The key concept that will be discussed shows that all propaganda provides a critical analysis of one’s identity on a superficial level, and bringing it back to the simplistic level.

Thesis statement:

The objectives, traits, and people’s personality are all organized by propaganda, Continue reading...

Nazi Propaganda Themes from The 1930s

Propaganda is the dissemination of biased or misleading information. It is a tool used to influence large groups of people so as to promote a political cause. The Nazi regime, which was an authoritarian regime, used propaganda to ensure that power was consolidated in the party. One of the main themes of Nazi propaganda was the theme of appeal to national unity. This was based upon the principle ‘The community before the individual’. It allowed the Nazis to consolidate power and ensure that their aims were coordinated with those of the German people. The propaganda of national unity was Continue reading...

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Hungarian Revolt (1956): A Critic Analysis on Given Accounts
The essay aims at evaluating document 1 titled “Sovjetunionens historia 1938 – 1970”, which is a text from Soviet textbook that is used to educate school children on events of Hungary 1956.This is in relation to its trustworthy and truthfulness. In doing this it will refer to the specific parts of the document or the whole document. In addition, the paper will compare document 1 with other documents by showing awareness of the time aspect, tendency/bias and dependency. Similarly, in reference to the other Continue reading...

The Cold war is not perceived to have presented a real threat to the United States of America. It is just depicted to be propaganda between two rival super powers, the United States and the then Soviet Union. These two powers were constantly in the war of words over who was powerful at the time. The Cold war prevailed over a long duration and was fought in various battles such as the Vietnamese war with both the two countries taking sides. This, with the Korean War are considered to be the only battles fought between the two countries. This Continue reading...

Introduction: General History of the Second World War

The Second World War has instigated several nations to enter into conflict against one another as they associate themselves into two major factions – the Axis powers led by Germany, Japan and Italy, and the Allied forces led by France, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), United States (US) and the United Kingdom (UK). Notably, the Second World War has extended its destructive reach beyond the Western world consisting of Europe and North America towards the Asia-Pacific region, having coincided with the plan of Japan to invade mainland China dating to 1937, then known officially as the Republic of China. Continue reading...

The current thread that has come about with current technology is the cyber terrorism. There are cases of reports that show how this phenomenon has grown so rapidly with the internet users. Many people have now found the internet as the best avenue where terror can be spread. Terrorism affects everybody whether using the internet or not (Janczewski & Colarik, 73). The reports show that the users of the internet give the terrorists the avenue to plant their planned evil to the country, hence increasing the effects on the victims such as fear and insecurity.
The first reason that the Continue reading...

The Patty Hearst Trial presents one of the most controversial cases that have attracted attention of many scholars. Various legal experts and other analysts have presented different views in relation to this case by evaluating circumstance that surrounded the entire trial from diverse perspectives. The case revolves around Patty Hearst, a renowned newspapers heiress who engages in various unlawful activities especially after being kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA). Hearst trial presents a rich scenario, which explores various social-economic and political issues in relation to the justice system. The trial highlights the general use of customary psychiatric defenses Continue reading...

Woodrow Wilson’s Declaration of war message to congress speech (April 2, 1917) as compared to Eugene Debs’, the Canton, Ohio Speech, Anti-War Speech (June 16, 1918) is not as emotional appealing but more compelling in terms of propaganda. The Woodrow Wilson speech is more of propaganda to get out people to turn their backs on Germany and lead the US to war against Germany. The Eugene Debs speech is more appealing emotionally as it’s short and straight to the point bearing the emotional style of writing appealing to the masses emotionally. The propaganda in the Woodrow Wilson Continue reading...

Abstract

Psychological Operations or PSYOP are tactics are used to convey selected propaganda and information to specific foreign audiences, especially an enemy front, to expedite the process of defeat of the enemy forces by destroying the will of the enemy to show resistance, undermining the credibility of enemy leadership, spurring civil unrest in enemy regions, persuading enemy forces to surrender, reducing the interference of civilians in military operations, opposing enemy propaganda and boosting up acceptance of friendly forces in occupied territory. The PSYOP propaganda is conveyed by a variety of mediums such as face-to-face communication, television, radio or loudspeaker, internet, Continue reading...

Essay 2

1 Literal borrowing is one of the issues that are discussed by people in the literal world on a daily basis. Authors borrow ideas for their literal works to improve on the quality of work presented. Borrowing of intellectual material can be good or bad. Good borrowing of literal material is an act that almost all researchers perform. It is perfectly genuine if done according to the standard guidelines and the act is documented correctly (Yu and Peter 45). Bad literal borrowing also known as plagiarism is a wrong act since the author copies the works of another author Continue reading...

Introduction

After the Japanese attacks at the American naval base at Pearl Harbor, US declared war on Japan It become necessary to keep a sharp eye on the Japanese citizens who lived in pacific coast and were perceived to be threat to the national security of the US. It became necessary to relocate all the Japanese who were living in Pacific coast since that was a potential combat zone. Thousands of Japanese lived in this zone and Americans were worried on the impact on its citizens if Japan decided to attack US from that zone. The War Relocation Authority together Continue reading...

It is a testament to the power of propaganda that the events of March 5, 1770 were widely accepted as a massacre which remained the very symbol of British tyranny for 200 years. The skillful manipulation of facts is a hallmark of propaganda, and the men who exploited the circumstances surrounding the killing of five Americans created an atrocity that has resonated throughout American history down to the present day. As the hotbed of revolutionary fervor in the colonies, Boston was perhaps the only place where such propaganda could have taken hold; the only city from which it could Continue reading...

World War II and the time immediately following World War II was a strange, uncomfortable, and uncertain time for the United States. There were many forces at work, particularly during the early years of America’s involvement in World War II, that threatened the very fabric of American society as it had existed up until that point in history. The world underwent so many vast and rapid changes that the governments had to work very hard to ensure that they kept their populations under control.
During World War II, most Americans were just becoming familiar with the idea of Continue reading...

The academic discourse regarding films has been a great influence on my outlook toward watching films. While previously films were more of a source of entertainment to me, I have come to understand the socio-cultural implications of films. My whole film-watching experience has transformed in the past year.
Expressions of art have to be comprehended in association with the historical and social context. Films, reflects culture, history and society and cinematically document the events in multisensory modalities. Battleship Potemkin can only be comprehended properly if it is placed in the socio-historic context of Russia. The scene depicting the rising Continue reading...

Walter addresses clearly in Chapter five concerning ‘making beliefs and making believe’ and further describes the aspects of human life and the effects of brainwashing. Walter expounds concerning the extent of brainwashing experienced to a larger extent by a number of people throughout the world. The catholic clergy mentioned that it resembled the present methods used in his own church. Over-exaggeration cause many people vulnerable to the religious indoctrination in the Roman Catholic Church (pp121).
Politicians have advanced into politics for their own emotional gratification where some are performed as theatrical events. There is however brainwashing thus no realizable Continue reading...

During the end times of the World War II, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill was quoted for saying that the Britons would not stop fighting for their country. They would fight on the hilltops, in the plains, in the valleys, in the skies, and every other front that could help them to achieve their goal. This phrase might have been taken to mean that the war was to go on, but looked from the modern perspective, it is clear that the prime minister implied that they could use any means possible to win the war. This is actually what Continue reading...

What are women without men? Truly, it is probably hard to imagine a world where there are no men to perform all the backbreaking labor and make all the unfazed decisions needed to run a society smoothly. The men were outside, making a living, while the women stay at home, tend to the children and maintain the household. This has been the long-time standard until women started to feel that they can do more than that. Given that train of thought, it has come to this era in which women can go toe-to-toe with men in almost every field Continue reading...

I have chosen to research on the topic ‘Internet and Terrorism’. The internet provides the terrorist groups an easy way to reach out to innumerable people across the boundaries of nation states to spread their word and promote the propaganda. This evokes fear and psychological stress through menaces of cyber-terrorism. This phenomenon requires investigation and the effects on American society need to be understood. I have cited several government, educational and organizational web addresses, articles and journals for this proposed research.
Wiemann, Gabriel. The Psychology of Mass-Mediated Terrorism. Web 26 March 2013.
http://www.udec.edu.mx/BibliotecaInvestigacion/Documentos/2009/Marzo/Com%20The%20Psychology%20of%20Mass-Mediated%20Terrorism.pdf
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2. Outline.
As a part of the future assignment of creating a piece of art inspired by one of the buildings offered; first of all, I would do have a look on all buildings offered, Then I would decide which one I fancy the most. Then it would be relevant to conduct a background research on each of the buildings in order to see the reasons behind their creation and significance in different epochs. In this way, I would be able to decide which building is of greater aesthetic and symbolical preference for me. Taking this rationale into consideration, Continue reading...

The Nazis, in the true spirit of their time, grew a massive in-house propaganda machine over the course of their short reign in Germany. They did this using many different media, including print, film, and simple word-of-mouth. In this paper, we will look at the various ways they used propaganda to sway opinion in their favor and to convey their message to their audience, the German civilian population.
1. Plan of Investigation
How best do we go about gathering information on the topic? One way is to gather the key media they were using to convey the propaganda and Continue reading...

In Leni Riefenstahl’s 1935 documentary Triumph of the Will (Triumph des Willens), the Nazi propaganda was often very subtle rather than simply crude, clumsy and heavy-handed and was designed to make Nazism look appealing. Her boss in this endeavor was Dr. Josef Goebbels who became Reich Minister of Propaganda and Public Enlightenment after the Nazis took power in 1933. He had rapidly brought the mass media, radio, filmmaking, theater, book publishing and the arts under its control. All Jews and persons deemed politically unreliable were expelled from these professions, while writers, artists and journalists who cooperated with the Continue reading...

Compare and Contrast Triumph of the Will (1935) and A Film Unfinished (2010)
Both Triumph of the Will (1935) and A Film Unfinished (2010) are remarkably unique documentary films about the Nazis. Triumph des Willens is a German film by German film director, Leni Riefenstahl, in which 6th Nazi Party Congress that took place in Numberg in 1934 has been chronicled. On the other hand, A Film Unfinished, a film by Israeli film director, Yael Hersonski, cannot itself be called a propaganda film. It is actually, an in-depth examination of Das Ghetto (The Ghetto), a German propaganda film produced Continue reading...

Abstract

As a central figure in the government of Adolf Hitler, the role of Paul Joseph Goebbels in world history cannot be understated. Goebbels was born in Catholic family in the Rhineland, Germany in 1897 and went ahead to become Germany’s minister of Propaganda from 1933-1945. His aspirations in his youth days were to become a novelist but the parents wanted him to be a priest. However, his lack of success in writing made him discover his true qualities in public relations and propaganda. After joining the National Socialist German Workers Party in 1923, he rose fast to become Continue reading...

Textbook Write-up of Dr. Joseph Goebbels

Paul Joseph Goebbels was born to a Catholic, working class family in the Rhineland, Germany in 1897 and attended Heidelberg University on a church scholarship, receiving his PhD in 1921. In early life, his goal was to become a novelist or playwright, but he had limited success in this field and soon found that his true talent was for propaganda and public relations. He joined the National Socialist German Workers Party in 1923 and was made Party leader (Gauleiter) of Berlin in 1926, a post that he retained until his suicide in 1945. Goebbels was strongly devoted to Adolf Continue reading...

"it might be a mistake to assume that the inconstancy and forgetfulness of the masses signify that they are cured of the totalitarian delusion, which is occasionally identified with the Hitler or Stalin cult; the opposite might well be true." (Chapter 10)

Arendt, in this quote, is referencing the tendency for totalitarian leaders to be forgotten and quickly abandoned after their own deposing, and that much of the time the totalitarian ideals go with them. To that end, it can be assumed ( Continue reading...

According to Kolin, "Wars allow state power to expand in scope and scale so that government can create a steady, permanent erosion of civil liberties and the rule of law" (Kolin, Chapter 2). In the case of World War I, this was indeed the case - the First World War changed and shaped our nation in many ways, giving us both a unique hold on the world economy and responsibilities toward our citizens and those abroad. The expanding state of power and propaganda in the US as a result of the First World War a very bad thing, having Continue reading...

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- Totalitarian movements are mass organizations of atomized, isolated individuals. (Chapter 10)
- It was recognized early and has frequently been asserted that in totalitarian countries propaganda and terror present two sides of the same coin (Chapter 11)
- Totalitarian propaganda raised ideological scientificality and its technique of making statements in the form of predictions to a height of efficiency of method and absurdity of content because, demagogically speaking, there is hardly a better way to avoid discussion than by releasing an argument from the control of the present and by saying that only the future can reveal Continue reading...