Essays on Propaganda

The recent print ad of Swiffer Bissell Steamboost promotes traditional gender stereotypes because it shows that domestic work is a woman's strength, something that she should be proud of. Because men and women are different in numerous ways, it must not come as a surprise that advertisements depict men and women in a different way. Stereotypes are formed through the continuous, prolonged exposure of viewers to the various devices of imagery. The notion, message, or idea of an array of depictions must be taken into consideration when analyzing stereotypes. As explained by Sheehan (77), a sole ad or any ...

China has always been considered to be one of the strongest empires in the world, where a lot of military achievements took place due to a very fast development of new kinds of weapons and protection systems. China was impossible to defeat. Having the largest population in the world, it took care of all the people to get education. For the Western world, it wasn’t easy to understand the complex Chinese culture. While there was already presidency in Europe and women fought for the rights, the Chinese still had emperors and aimed on conquering more lands. Their women ...

In the middle of the 20th century, after the World War II, all countries were highly disturbed and scared of a new war which could appear. United States, being a powerful country, the influence and power of which helped to end the WWII, were a kind of an enemy for the other countries, who lost at the war. After World War II United States and its enemies and Soviet Union were in the state of a Cold War. According to John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum “Soldiers of the Soviet Union and the United States did not do ...

The advent and growth of the technological sector have been instrumental in the dynamic changes that have been realized in the media sector. The sharing of information and ideas has been revolutionized with the advent of the internet. The speed and rate of information flow have also been enhanced significantly. This essay focuses on analyzing the capacity of new media to cope with the propaganda models as defined and explained by Noam Chomsky. It seeks to expound on the dynamics of new media and the depth to which propaganda models can be applied or fail to work. In the ...

1.1. It has to be reckoned that the media is aimed at promoting a single global commodity culture. In the age of globalization, the world is treading toward the dominance of monoculture that aims to undermine the cultural differences and community distinction so as to replace these with the notion of oneness all over the globe. In the modern era of cultural imperialism and globalization, media has emerged as the omnipotent tool to influence gazillion people all over the world society. Mass media is endowed with the power of affecting the mind and psyche of the people with its ...

Introduction

Time was, revenue-obsessed executives and owners used to disregard the social and ethical components to their business. There has come a time when business has become the environment- and society-centric. In order for commercial ventures like resorts to stay competitive in their sector retaining and multiplying the market share, they should focus on sustainability. As demonstrated by Alila Hotels & Resorts, companies can make nature conservation efforts and undertake civil initiatives garnering a massive public support. Towards these ends, resorts can employ local residents, thereby increasing their welfare, train personnel, support the organic food cultivation and local crafts, open and ...

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Abstract This paper makes and effort to present how the role and the social status of the women changed from the start of the twentieth century to the end . How the women participated in the world affairs and ultimately became a progressive force in the modern society.

The Changing Role of Women

The 21st Century represents an era with a tremendous amount of rhetoric regarding persecution, and/ or myopic bigotry. The obvious irony is that the roughly 200 nations on Earth, roughly 905 of them have established constitutions or commitments to the rights and privileges of their citizens (Chafe & Chafe, 1991). Although established in ...

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There is little doubt that the LGBT community still faces both discrimination and bigotry and many areas of the globe. Even in the United States, thought to be among the most accepting nations in the world for all minorities, it can be difficult to get Gay Marriage legally recognized, or to receive reproductive health services if you are gay. However, in some areas of the globe, revealing your sexuality is still more than a political and equal rights issue, it is a life-or-death discussion, that centers around- not the freedoms of- but the safety of those that are openly ...

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The problem on obesity has big a growing issue for many people worldwide. In lieu with the predicament and the accompanying illness that comes with obesity, the different government worldwide as well as the different health institutions are finding ways to combat the problem. One of the ways of addressing the issue was standardizing food label to consist of information that would inform people of the contents of the food they eat. However, this solution is not widely accepted. Critics believe that knowledge on how to read and understand food label cannot do anything to solve obesity. In a ...

Of all wars to have been conducted by the USA, the war on drugs is the least promising, with government and law enforcement agencies fighting it in a losing battle. When American authorities got it going some 4 decades ago, it was doomed to be a losing war for a number of reasons, of which one is a historic precedent never taken into consideration. It is well-documented that the only lesson we ever learn from history is that we do not learn any lessons from it at all. However, what America should learn is that conventional tools of mandatory bans and restrictions imposed ...

Ideas are More Powerful than Guns

Ideas are more powerful than guns is a point of departure that is much similar to the saying that ‘pen is mightier than sword’. Although this phrase together with Stalin’s quote that ‘Ideas are more powerful than guns’ may sound like an out-of-date cliché in the contemporary societies, their rationality cannot be disregarded even in the advent of today’s context of different mass media. This basically means that a person can be able to influence more people on a larger scale whereas guns and swords can only force people to behave in a certain way but cannot change individual opinions. ...

Question 1

The main theme in Manchurian candidate (1976) is the scion of the political dynasty in America (Laurence Harvey) as it is easily evidenced by the war in Korea. In contrast, the thematic display of Manchurian candidate (2004) is the political uncertainty in the current century. As such, political and corporate power has significant influence in the politics of the country, which contributes towards the attainment of the political instability. In both films, there is clear evidencing of the political relevance in the country, which is a significant factor of consideration in determination of ...

Josef Stalin created a “Cult of Personality” around Vladimir Lenin and then, by association used it for himself. Many of his actions in this regard were against Lenin’s wishes and ideals. Although they did not serve Lenin’s views they served Stalin well. Once he created the cult around Lenin he associated himself with Lenin, then he declared himself as Lenin’s successor. This brought about the era known as Stalinization. Once in control he used his power to continue to promote himself. Photographs and posters of Lenin and Stalin together were everywhere, including every home. He kept ...

Throughout centuries of fighting, the fundamental basis of warfare remains the ideological or militaristic conflict between two opposing sides. While the means, methods and strategies of warfare have changed dramatically in the last four hundred years, governments and militaries have always needed to find a way to ensure that morale remains on their side and encourage antipathy towards their opponents. Influencing activities have been important in warfare throughtout history, with military leaders and campaigns requiring the moral and material support of the people in order to succeed. When looking at the strategies of Napoleon Boneaparte, Clausewitz’s trinity, and the ...

Analysis of local/regional Media (UAE and GCC Countries)

Introduction

The countries within the Middle East as well as the United Arab Emirates entails one of the most culturally and politically intricate regions across the globe. This is characterized by the rich and diverse cultural history that drives the modern day Middle East into struggling to balance the challenges of western culture and the modernization with traditional and religious values. The challenges occur as a result of the diversity within the region where the media plays a crucial in portraying the issues within the society and politics. The coverage of significant issues such as conflicts between Palestine and Israel ...

Political advertisement is a very specific genre of commercials. Some might even call it a separate kind of art and it would be too reckless to deny that statement. The culture of political advertisement, propaganda and campaign activities has been constantly evolving, still is and is sure to continue to do so. Campaign ads which will be analyzed in this paper are no exception. Having started with word-of-mouth advertising in the previous centuries, ideas for how to spread election campaigning materials have led to the usage of such technological breakthroughs as radio, television and internet for political purposes. And that has ...

This research identifies public relations as an essential element for nations. Under public relations, the study identifies Jordan as a potential region of study. This research identifies various avenues of image management during crises in Jordan. The study of Jordan and its practices of public relations, especially image management involve different stages. First, the study provides an overview of public relations and image management to foster the understanding of the topic. Image management is all about maintaining the reputation of a ...

Rob and Bunny Sherman want to file a suit against the Church of the Divine Light. They allege that one year ago, their 15 year old son called Rob Jr., was coerced into staying in the church. He was threatened by being told that if he left, he would be thrown into the eternal fires of hell. He was brainwashed and began believing that the church was his new family. He was also told to demand money from his parents to cater for his upkeep. Rob Jr. stayed in the church for a period of approximately six months. Rob Sr. and ...

Terrorism is one of the biggest Global threats. Terrorists are born out of communal discord, financial instability, oppressive governments etc. The Jehadi Terrorists are communal terrorists who fight for their own interpretation of Islam. The ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) is a Sunni extremist group, formerly known by the name of Al-Qaeda, renowned for its terrorist activities all over the globe.

The ISIS practices and propagates Jihad, a form or religious war against other religious and cultural states and uses extreme interpretations of the Qur’an as ...

When most people are asked to identify the reasons why a public support for an ongoing war changes, the media’s coverage usually comes on top of the list; yet most scholars neglect the influence of the media on war. The media has the ability to shape our outlook on almost every topic under the sun, this means that the general assumption that the support of a war depends on its cost and casualties alone is disfigured. Information on whether a war is being won or being lost is relayed through the media, also, are the reasons behind a war (Arraf, 2009). This ...

Public relations face a lot of challenges in terms of public trust. The reason emanates from the traditional view of the professional. The profession has been taken as one that attempts to cover the negative ills in the society, specifically for the top political and corporate class, and putting a brave face despite an overwhelming evidence of a failure.

Often, when faced with criticism that require an objective response, the PR spin doctors would quote words such as ‘business as usual’ in the office, or ‘we have not lost any s focus to serve the public’. Such have been the ...

Annotated Bibliography

Baym, Geoffrey. "The Daily Show: Discursive Integration and the Reinvention of Political Journalism." Political Communication, 22(3) (2005): 259-276.

The article informed about disappearing boundaries between politics, pop culture and entertainment. During earlier time programs containing political information & news were completely different from the programs designed for entertainment. Programs containing mix of politics and comedy are gaining popularity, and liked by the people. The article informed about how fake news is utilized in comedy shows, and make audience sometime confused. The emerging media or entertainment can be described by the multiplying technological forces, discursive integration and ...

Democracy ensured the inevitability of the ruler’s insecurity. Though democracy has always been under unrelenting attack by individuals’ interest, economic and politics, the true meaning of democracy was to take power to the masses and in the process devolve the ability and theme ans from the elite. With their powers and control under threat, the elite hand to find a way to reclaim control and ensure that their opinion not only matters to the public but is also it is what becomes the consensus of the masses. Through formal education, technological advancement in recent history, mass media and activism ...

With the rise of new technology, the face and practice of terrorism has changed to a point that the groups are now recruiting and sending messages using the internet. The paramount reason of adopting this method is to avoid detection and achieve their aims within the shortest time possible. According to a paper written by the Homeland security in 2009, there are more than 7000 terrorist websites, which are used in sending messages and recruiting teenagers and young adults. Categorically, the terrorists disseminate propaganda and reports of some international journalists, which attract the attention of some young adults who form potential ...

1. The author of quote number one is Thomas Paine; the book is an American crisis. It is significant in establishing solutions when America had a great crisis. 2. The author of quote number two is Philip Freneau and the book is “On Mr. Paine’s Rights of Man.”The significance of this quote was during the American Revolution where Paine where he wanted changes but was very conservative. 3. The author of quote number three is Washington Irving and the book is Rip Van Winkle. Its significance is when an old man is curious in manners ...

Nazism just as it is fascism is a political ideology based on “political behavior that is obsessed with the idea of community decline, humiliation, or victimhood by compensatory cults of unity, energy and purity.” In this ideology, there is a mass based party of committed nationalists, militants that work with traditional elites to abandon democratic ideals and employ the use of violence to cleanse the society

According to Herf, Nazism is a political ideology that took root in Europe in the early twentieth century to mid twentieth century in Europe. In general terms, Nazism is often classified as a right wing political ...

Chapter 16 – World War II

Zinn begins this chapter by posing a series of questions. Was World War II a people’s war as it had been claimed at the time? Why did the US really enter the war? How much did the imperialist powers of the day differ from Nazi Germany in terms of racism?

Zinn’s views are extremely interesting, considering that even today, these are issues people hardly ever discuss or even learn. We learn at school that the American intervention was caused by Hitler’s atrocities and the extreme loss of human lives in Pearl Harbor, but never about the real motives ...

Colonialism, social change as well as resistance to revolution and colonialism are overarching themes throughout the films, Salt of the Earth, the Battle of the Algiers and the Memories of Underdevelopment. This paper seeks to review the films with a view to exploring how revolution and resistance are dealt with, in the films. This exploration will also provide answers to the critical questions of the intention of the film makers while making the film. In this process, the paper shall conduct an audit of the success or failure of the filmmakers in putting across their message to the audience in ...

1.It is true that agriculture has been one of the greatest inventions in the history of mankind due to the impacts it has brought to the world. Due to the competition between humans and animals agriculture has brought dependence and food security against the ever diminishing natural resources. Agriculture led to the invention of fire that has had substantial positive effects on the human livelihood in terms of domestication and other uses of fire. The invention of transport and communication means has also had big and positive impacts on the human life to a bigger magnitude. These inventions have enabled ...

The policy of one child per couple or one-child policy is a measure of population control established in urban China in 1979 with the aim of exercising radical birth control to reduce the excessive growth of population and overcrowding. China is the world's most populous country, a home to a fifth of the world's population (China Daily). The Chinese government introduced the policy in 1978 to alleviate the social and environmental problems of their country. The policy is controversial both within and outside China due to the resultant issues. The controversy stems from the way in which it has been applied ( ...

Borschel, A. (2012) Sleuthing the truth in the media. Washington: IBJ Book Publishing.

In “Sleuthing the truth in the media”, the author Audrey Borschel questions the truthfulness of media and of the messages that it sends. Borschel argues that in the current world, when the thirst of information is so high and people are dependent on interesting, engaging and sometimes scandalous news, journalists tend to deliver precisely these assets, while transforming the truth into what people want. Nevertheless, this comes with a cost: the cost of the accuracy of the news and the cost of the integrity of the journalists. Various media contents are being analyzed in order for their messages to ...

Q1. The World War II took a diverse form. The film attempted to construct suspense the same as propaganda to convey ideas in support of the associated cause. The central government was responsible for propaganda and publicity in the Second World War. The effect was of consternation was desirable in the government.

Q2. Some of the conflicts that followed in the years after the end of World War II are; millions of Japanese and Germans were expelled from their native territories. Problems that lasted for a long time caused tension in East and West Germany which led to the creation of ...

Kaiser, D. (2000) American Tragedy: Kennedy, Johnson, and the Origins of the Vietnam War. Cambridge, Boston, MA: Belknap Press.

This book explores the origins of the Vietnam War, with specific focus on the clash of the two ideologies of socialism and capitalism. The book makes an in depth look in the American society prior to the start of the war, the key individuals involved in the decision to engage in the military campaign and the horrors suffered during the war. The book makes an important deviation from the operation of the war to the growing resentment towards the government and its war machinery in Vietnam at home. It explains in detail the political situation as it changed ...

Holcombe, A. (2010). Politburo's Directive Issued on May 4, 1953, on Some Special Issues regarding Mass Mobilization. Journal of Vietnamese Studies, Vol. 5, No. 2 (Summer 2010), pp. 243–247.

In this directive, the use of propaganda against the spread on capitalism and the defence of socialism are clearly shown in the directive.

Kaiser, D. (2000) American Tragedy: Kennedy, Johnson, and the Origins of the Vietnam War. Cambridge, Boston, MA: Belknap Press.

This book explores the origins of the Vietnam War, with specific focus on the clash of the two ideologies of socialism and capitalism. It looks into ...

Introduction

On the second day of June, the year 2007, the Federal Bureau of Investigation brought three terrorists to custody. The three were members of a terrorist group which had the malicious intent of bombing J.F Kennedy International airport. Apprehending the criminals was not the most peculiar thing about the incident. The report that the FBI gave about how the terrorists had planned to destroy the area was particularly strange. The FBI revealed that the terrorists had used the Google Earth feature to have aerial access of leading international airports (Iskold, 2007). This marked the beginning of a key research area – ...

During holocaust, many innocent people were killed. These killings were done by people who were under the instruction of the government. It is due to these killings that Stanly Milgram decided to conduct experiments known as obedience to the authority to find out it was possible to conduct such massive killing of the ordinary people in the society. The finding from these experiments is very useful in explaining the reason for the massive killings.

Obedience is a common thing especially in society where we have very powerful leaders. When people are very powerful, the others tend to obey their commands ...

Many of the students were excited and honored to be asked to participate in the interview. When it became understood that I was asking questions about their perceptions of my teaching, many of the students that I did not originally ask to participate wanted to also be interviewed. I made arrangements for a few more students to be interviewed, but kept the number at 22 students. During the process, it became abundantly clear that there were a lot of similarities in their perceptions. Common themes began to emerge from the students' responses during their interviews. The idea that I was a ...

Sontag – “In Plato’s Cave”

In Sontag’s article, she likens the act of looking at photography to being in Plato’s cave, but in a positive way, as what the camera captures is not necessarily what is understood or interpreted by the viewer. At the same time, the very taking of a picture with a camera changes the subject’s meaning, and Sontag notes that today’s more consumerist culture values taking a picture of doing something more than doing that thing itself.

Sontag – “Fascinating Fascism”

In Sontag’s review of these two books, she discusses Riefenstahl’s The Last of the Nuba in the context of her career, describing ...

1) Japanese-American Internment Internment is the compulsory detention, relocation or other restrictions of the freedom of movement, adjustable by one belligerent for the located on its territory nationals of the other belligerent, or to nationals of the other belligerent, located in the occupied territory of the first belligerent or neutral state for military belligerents. Japanese-American Internment had place during the Second World War from the side of the USA toward, mainly, the Japanese citizens, located in the US (Harth). On February 19, 1942, the US President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the decree №9066, which allowed the military ...

Europe has a dark history when it comes to anti-Semitism. It is the place where one of the worst atrocities in human history was committed by Hitler’s Third Reich under the guise of the purification of the Aryan race. Europe is not alone on the anti-Semitism wagon. The creation of the state of Israel in the midst of Muslim nations has also triggered a fresh wave of anti-Semitism that is threatening to destabilize not only the Middle East but the whole world. The constant bickering between Iran, which is fighting to create a nuclear weapon and Israel, which is trying to ...

On July 12, 2015, Mexican drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman, the leader of the Sinaloa drug cartel, escaped from his jail cell in Altiplano prison, outside of Mexico City. With an estimated net worth of a billion dollars, Guzman is known as a brutal leader responsible for the thousands of murders, and the exportation of large amounts of cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana into the United States. To many Mexicans, he is also a folk hero like Jesús Malverde, a Mexican Robin Hood figure who robbed Mexican banks in the early 1900’s (Campbell). In the Mexican state of Sinaloa, he is a ...

Throughout centuries of fighting, the fundamental basis of warfare remains the ideological or militaristic conflict between two opposing sides. While the means, methods and strategies of warfare have changed dramatically in the last four hundred years, governments and militaries have always needed to find a way to ensure that morale remains on their side and encourage antipathy towards their opponents. To that end, propaganda was created – the biased historical and cultural narratives created by cultures and governments to vilify their opponents and uplift their own military forces. Propaganda has survived four centuries of change through its durability and malleability throughout ...

At first glance it would seem that the Sons of Liberty were Colonial patriots who helped steer the course of history and inspire the American Revolution. However, some revisionist historians have reexamined the philosophy behind the organization as well as their tactics and offer a more negative viewpoint about their motives and their schemes. The question of whether the Sons of Liberty were a good or bad organization is depend on the rational one uses to examine the history. An ends means rational would indicate they that they were overall a good group because their furthered the patriotic cause. If the motivations ...

Propaganda is material in any form, whether it be print or a broadcast that is intended to persuade people to believe something. It is used to change the opinions of masses of people living in an area and is generally produced by the government or another high-ranking institution. Propaganda was a major source for motivation and sentiment during the Cold War. The rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union was everywhere during this time, from film and television to the radio and even in sporting events. Both the United States and the Soviet Union were engaged in the use ...

The Harlem renaissance is a cultural and artistic movement that changed the nature of African American literature and experience. The poetry of the movement was imbued with personal and third party political and social experiences. There is a raging debate on whether the movement was one of social and political propaganda or that of just the development of art. This paper builds on Du Bois’ assertion that all art is propaganda and should be treated as such. It also explores the claim that the movement was partly a modernist exploit that was aiming at creating a new form of art unique to the ...

Franklin.D.Roosevelt- Four Freedoms 1941. Franklin.D.Roosevelt in his four freedom speech in 1941 was about the US national defense and the allies’ support and also focused on a broader outlook on democracy. He fervently believed that military power, dictatorship and social revolution were the main dangers to democracy and individual freedom. He urges the citizens to support the American ideals of democracy and support all the countries that are fighting tyrannical rule. He urged the American citizens that sacrifices were in order to maintain the American way of life and told them to place the cause for democracy before their ...

1. Author and major thesis of the Yes side. The authors of the Yes side are Marion Nestle and Michael F. Jacobson. They argue that a public health approach is needed to encourage Americans to eat a healthy diet.

2. Author and major thesis of the No side. The author of the No side is Michelle Cottle who argues that the relationship between Americans and food are too complex and nonnutritious foods should not be regulated. 3. State in your own words two facts presented by the Yes side. i. Food consumption should be regulated since ...

Kotkin, Stephen. Armageddon Averted: The Soviet Collapse, 1979-2000. New York: Oxford University Press. 2001.

Chapter 1: History’s Cruel Tricks

In the first chapter of his work, Kotkin argues that, in the years after the war, the Soviet Union entered a slow but steady economic decline, which could not be stopped even by its oil export. He also argues that due to the global oil crisis, the Soviet Union, and other oil exporters saw a financial boom which transformed their economy, but only temporarily, because the oil output decreased steadily and because of the fact that much of the Soviet Union’s industry had been politically-driven and ...

National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) is a charity organization that works in the protection of children in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. NSPCC orient its work to social, cultural, educational, research tasks, involving different forms of public and government support. NSPCC is lobbying the government on issues relating to child protection, and creates a campaign for the general public with the intention of raising awareness of child protection issues. Various objectives of the NSPCC in various directions require the allocation of their marketing strategy. NSPCC orient their work not only on the final recipients of charitable ...

Abstract

Hitler came to power in the post-war Germany bent under the load of contributions. By means of propaganda and well-defined plan to restructure the economy and direct all resources towards military state economy, Hitler was able to quickly and efficiently restore the living conditions to the level that preceded the Great Depression decline. The following work discusses in detail the reforms and changes that took place under the Nazis and argues that the “economic wonder”, as some commentators call the rapid improvement, was only a byproduct of the aggression plans fueled by Hitler’s theory of national supremacy and made ...

Al-Qaeda and ISIS.

Introduction In the ongoing issue that the country has dealt with in the issue of terrorism, we as a country have been a force to deter from our normal lives and focus on the safety of the nation. The two Jihad organization are the most dangerous group there is in the world that can affect the way of life. In the current time knowing that this organization is out there people should do what is necessary to find out the difference between the two groups. The ongoing problem that these two organization have brought terror and hate too countries have ...

Analysis

As noted in the introduction, the author of this report is not trying to sway anyone’s minds when it comes to whether global warming exists or not. Based on the totality of what is coming out in the press and the science community, the planet probably is warming and humans are probably at least a small (if not a major) factor in all of the above. However, some of the talking heads, “scientists”, politicians and other people in the global warming/climate paradigm are acting extremely suspiciously and/or in an obtuse or irresponsible way. The author of this report is happy ...

Produced in 1984, Yellow Earth was the first film directed by Chen Kaige, a graduate of the Beijing Film Academy. The film is a period piece, taking place against the backdrop of China when World War II broke out. The film focuses on a communist soldier who comes to a village to collect folk songs to serve as morale-raising communist propaganda for the Eighth Route Army. During his visit to the rural village, the young soldier stays with a family, motherless but with a father, a young boy, and two sisters. The elder sister has already been "married off" in an arranged marriage, and the 14-year-old ...

Documentary film is one of the most difficult genres of cinematography, firstly, because of its structure as well as due to the large number of approaches to the implementation of the idea. This genre originated over a century ago and nowadays it is undoubtedly one of the most difficult genres, since it is necessary to analyze a huge amount of material to identify the authenticity of historical facts in order to create a professional documentary film. The advent of documentary films made the cinematography a more profound art form, which became a part of the scientific world too. Documentary film was the beginning ...

The media has and continues to play a comprehensive role in offering crucial information to the public. This has led to the emergence of notions that the media is perhaps a branch of government that advocates for the needs of the public. Even so, it is essential to note that the recent past has experienced cases whereby the media has disregarded its role of informing the public. This is evident by the persistent rise in the airing of violent and immoral content across various media platforms. This has led to the development of notions as to whether the government should control ...

Rhetorical propaganda can almost hypnotize listeners; the danger is that the techniques convince people to agree with very shaky theories. The essay Passmore uses many of the tricky devices to hook white listeners to believing she is speaking the truth. This essay discusses these devices by giving examples and showing how to recognize them. In the very first two sentences the author uses a strategy that has been working very well in the United States for years. She tells her white listeners that they are a group that faces a frightening future because they are afraid. Fear is a very persuasive emotional ...

Violence in A Long Way Gone

Ishmael Beah’s memoir A Long Way Gone, the tale of his time as a child soldier in Sierra Leone, is a gut-wrenching tale of child violence and loss of identity and connection with others. One of the most intriguing things about the book is its depiction of the violent setting Ishmael lives in; after his parents were killed and be was brought into a rebel army unit, Ishmael “became a ruthless, drug-addled killing machine,” only to be surreptitiously handed over to UNICEF some time later and asked to integrate into a more developed, Western life (Rayman, 2008). Of course, there are many different ...

Introduction

“Animal Farm” was written by George Orwell. It is a satire and political literature. The original title of the novel is “Animal Farm: A Fairy Story” that proves it as a fable written with a purpose. However, the author did a wonderful attempt to present the political crisis and tyrannical government through a story of animals in a farm. It is a dystopian and allegorical novel. Orwell’s intention is to reflect Russian Revolution and reign of Stalin in Soviet Union. The novel is about the life of animals in a farm. They wanted to rebel and save themselves from the clutches of men and set new ...

Research Question, Rationale, Scope and Methodology

In this study, the research question is why the Russians failed to support the Polish undergrounds during their uprising against the Nazis in 1944. The rationale for doing this topic stems from the fact that there are two sides to this debate; on one hand, the Russians claimed that the Germans decimated their early advance on the Eastside of Poland thus reducing their tactics to defense only; on the other hand, western countries believe that Russia deliberately refused to assist the Polish insurgents for political reasons. Given that there are two sides to this debate, this paper examines the ...

The relationship between politics and art is a multifaceted and delicate one. Many define Art as the definitive exercise of liberty and, therefore, the most political of statements feasible. There exists a deep relationship between arts and politics. Politics is mostly comprised of writing, talking, decision-making, and speeches delivery while, on the other hand, art teaches you the skills required so as to speak resourcefully, making the best decisions, and write correctly-also defined as the conscious use of skills and artistic imagination particularly in the creation of artistic objects. In my observation, art is by its very nature political and every ...