Transcript 08 P_Propaganda_Poster_WWII

A focus on
nationalism and
balance of power
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Songs
Flags
Posters
Parades
• freedom and
democracy
OR
• conquest and
power
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Propaganda is
persuading
someone to support
your
opinions and to DO
something.
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People act or
react on
the basis of:
• what they want.
• how they feel.
• how they think.
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Propaganda
appeals to
emotion.
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It strikes a
chord
inside people
exciting
feelings of:
• love
• hate
• anger
• fear
• patriotism
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Propaganda
stirs
the emotions
convincing an
audience to DO
something.
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Propaganda
techniques
include:
• exaggeration to
inflate the threat
or the good
quality
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Glowing
Generalities
the notion that if
you do what is
asked
of you, everything
will be all right.
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Testimonial
to give approval
for an idea
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Bandwagon
the suggestion that
you should not
miss out on
something that
lots of other people
are doing or buying
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Loaded Words
using words that
appeal
to emotions
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Half-truths
the suggestion
that something
might happen
by telling only
half the truth
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Pushes your
emotional
buttons
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Implies
that
something
will happen if
you do not
do what is
asked.
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Can be
used to
convince
you to:
•buy
•do
•act
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