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Source A is a propaganda and was created by Norma Lindsay for the Commonwealth Government of Australia in 1918. It was sourced by W.E Smith LTD. Sydney. This poster Depicts a group of armed German soldiers threatening a young man pinned against a water tank. The other victims in this scene include an elderly man in the foreground, who has been shot, an elderly woman on her knees pleading with their captors, and a young woman in a state of half-undress who is being restrained by two German soldiers in the background.
All authors, at varying levels, write with purpose. Ever written work has a purpose, varying from artistic creativity to academic and professional curiosity. Although the purpose is evident to the author, the reader may find difficulty determining what that purpose is. In the case of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) public release on Attention Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), the document’s purpose, as well as its intended audience, can be determined through an introspective analysis. One can use the three rhetorical appeals of logos, pathos, and ethos to determine the purpose of the CDC’s document, and give one’s self insight into the audience for which it is intended.
Source A: “Will you fight now,or wait for THIS”, was created by the Commonwealth Government of Australia. This source is a propaganda poster created in WW1,1918 and is sourced in Australia. Source A poster was created to persuade civilians, in particular males in between the ages of 18 to 45, to enlist in the military to fight in WW1. The intended audience for this Source would be Australian citizens. This source would be useful to a historian studying propaganda in the field of Australian War history during WW1.
In the early 1900’s European countries began competing and with that they were also building strong army’s and navy’s. After a while, the United States got involved and were in need of the people’s support. It took convincing but once people got on board with the idea of going to war, war fever in the United States was at an all-time high. The United Nations had not yet been established which meant conflicts were not getting resolved. This was unlike anything the U.S. had done before.
This document was classified and intended for the president of the United States to inform him on information regarding Bin Laden. It indicated reports that warned the president about Osama Bin Laden planning to conduct attacks on the United States since 1997. The document reported that, in 1998, after the U.S. missile strike on his base in Afghanistan, Bin Laden has told his followers that he wanted to strike back in Washington. It continued to say that the millennium plotting in Canada in 1999 might have been apart Bin Laden’s plot to retaliate against the United States.
Propaganda is in all aspects of daily life , from advertisements on tv to buy a certain product ,to campaign posters and stickers promoting a candidate. Propaganda is around us twenty four seven. It persuades a personal opinion in a good way , but in some cases it does just the opposite. Propaganda comes in many forms such as glittering generalities,stacked cards,negative attacks , endorsements , and many more .It's used in a time of need such as the civil war and in time of want such as elections and advertisements of a product.
An example would be “Be Sure You Have Correct Time.” This poster, aimed to persuade the minds of many Americans to adopt anti-foreign policies on many countries who were going to war with us at the same time. Therefore, the propaganda was trying to exploit the foreign countries’ citizens who we were at war with. A second example would be the poster titled, “This is the Enemy.”
The end of World War Two resulted in a power struggle for ideological world dominance between the United States, who were convinced that post war world desired democracy, and the Soviet Union, who saw the postwar period as an opportunity to expand their idea of communism. Having observed the power and impact of propaganda as utilized by the Nazis in Germany, both countries developed numerous methodologies to spread their message and create a fear of the ‘other’ and support for their ideological views of the world. This result in what became known as the Cold War, in which both countries utilized indoctrination through education, which became a legitimized practice adopted by both nations (Hope, 2011). Because of the genuine threat of nuclear
Brave New World.print), is a quote that allows yet another carefree, ignorant attitude of the society to remain, encouraging everyone to have as much fun as possible without the mention of consequences; rules of the World State are strict, and they take away the excitement in people’s lives, but the strict rules leads to another source of fun-soma. Soma is a hallucinogen described as the ideal drug with the benefits of calming, surrealistic and a ten hour high with no side effects(Huxley, Aldous. Brave New World.print). The people of the World State have been encouraged and conditioned to love it. “And if ever, by some unlucky chance, anything unpleasant should somehow happen, why, there’s always soma to give you a holiday from the facts...”(Huxley, Aldous.
Propaganda; information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view. Propaganda is a very manipulative method of controlling the audience's attitudes. In the novel 1984, by George Orwell, Winston Smith is a member of the outer party in the nation of Oceania. Winston, along with all the other citizens of Oceania, are constantly being watched by the Party through telescreens. Oceania is ruled by an omniscient leader only known as Big Brother, a powerful faceless figure who is feared by all of Oceania.
In the beginning of the book soma is mentioned quite a few times such as when the students are touring the Hatchery and Conditioning Center the D.H,C. says “...or if ever by some unlucky chance such a crevice of time should yawn in the solid substance of their distractions there is always soma, delicious soma”. This explains that soma is there whenever one is ever distracted or distressed. The people use it as an easy way to solve their problems. Another perfect quote to describe the use of soma is when Benito Hoover and Bernard Marx are speaking to each other about Lenina Crowne, Benito mentions “You look glum! What you need is a gramme of soma”.
White propaganda is designed to build credibility. Gray propaganda is more uncertain. Gray propaganda may or may not be correctly identified and the information is uncertain. This type of propaganda causes uncertainty amongst the population. Black
In the beginning scene as Captain Miller is in a state of shock as he sees all the brutal lives that are being lost, all the limbs being gone and all the blood being splattered everywhere this shows the propaganda
Not all of America responded kindly to FSA’s photos and documentaries, or to the New Deal for that matter. Many claimed photographers and filmmakers along with Eastern bureaucrats sensationalized and “exaggerated the damage of the Dust Bowl, had vilified an entire region in order to score political points for the Roosevelt administration” (Dunaway, 2005, pp. 54-55). Though many alleged FSA photos were politically driven, Stryker held steadfast to his ideals and denied they served as government propaganda (Gordon, 2006; Brennen & Hardt, 1999; Stange, 1989). Some have argued the photos themselves were not propaganda, but became propaganda because of how they pushed a specific ideology on the public.
The Role of Propaganda in the History of International Communication Propaganda has an important role in shaping international communication. As a mean to achieve political pursuit, propaganda affects how conflicts between nations are manipulated. Propaganda has been distributed through various formats and media. This writing will consider radio and films as important channels of propaganda in the history of international communication. Then, it will briefly discuss the reciprocal connection between propaganda and the history of international communication.