Transcript Statements about Propaganda

Laurie Schaefer
Mt. Tabor High School, English Teacher
Regional Education Corps, USHMM
[email protected]
http://www.ushmm.org/propaganda
Propaganda is biased information
intentionally spread to shape public
opinion and behavior.
Statements about Propaganda
• Propaganda contains true,
partially true, or blatantly
false information.
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• Propaganda may
selectively omit
information.
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• Propaganda simplifies complex
issues or ideas.
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•Propaganda plays on
emotions.
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•Propaganda uses a
variety of media
(including symbols,
images, words, music).
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• Propaganda may be used to
advertise a cause,
organization, or movement
and attack opponents.
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• All advertising is
propaganda.
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•Propaganda can only be
put to negative
purposes.
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•Propaganda seeks
agreement, not
reasoned argument.
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•Propaganda is used to
brainwash people.
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• Propaganda works with our
conscious and unconscious
hopes, fears, and desires.
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• Propaganda gives
permission to a targeted
audience to think, speak,
and act a certain way.
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• All advertising is propaganda.
• Propaganda is an appeal to emotion, not intellect
or rational thought, and often contains deception,
either outright or by omission and often has longterm effects.
• Advertising is biased information intentionally
spread, but does not (or should not) contain
deception and is often an appeal to intellect or
rational thought, using persuasion and
understanding, producing short-term effects.
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• Propaganda is used to brainwash
people.
Brainwashing: The use of isolation,
mind-clouding techniques, sleep
deprivation, and malnutrition to
persuade someone to completely
change personality/thoughts/actions
Three stages: Breaking down the self;
introducing the possibility of salvation;
and rebuilding the self
1.Who
created this
message
and who
was the
intended
audience?
This image was created in 1938
http://www.ushmm.org/propaganda/exhibit.html#/records/data/records/aryan-family-neues-volk.xml
2. What is the
purpose/
message of
this piece of
propaganda?
This image was created in 1938
http://www.ushmm.org/propaganda/exhibit.html#/records/data/records/aryan-family-neues-volk.xml
3. What
creative
techniques
were used to
attract and
hold
attention?
This image was created in 1938
http://www.ushmm.org/propaganda/exhibit.html#/records/data/records/aryan-family-neues-volk.xml
4. How might
different
people/
audiences
have
understood
this message
differently?
This image was created in 1938
http://www.ushmm.org/propaganda/exhibit.html#/records/data/records/aryan-family-neues-volk.xml
5. What
values,
lifestyles,
and points of
view are
represented
in this piece?
This image was created in 1938
http://www.ushmm.org/propaganda/exhibit.html#/records/data/records/aryan-family-neues-volk.xml
6. What is
omitted from
this
message?
This image was created in 1938
http://www.ushmm.org/propaganda/exhibit.html#/records/data/records/aryan-family-neues-volk.xml
7. Which
emotion(s)
does this
piece target?
This image was created in 1938
http://www.ushmm.org/propaganda/exhibit.html#/records/data/records/aryan-family-neues-volk.xml
8. What was
the cultural
context that
influenced the
attractiveness
of this piece of
propaganda?
This image was created in 1938
http://www.ushmm.org/propaganda/exhibit.html#/records/data/records/aryan-family-neues-volk.xml