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CENSORSHIP & PROPAGANDA
PROPAGANDA can be defined as information
that could be biased or misleading that is
used to promote or publicize a particular
political cause or point of view. Propaganda
is spread using various kinds of media (like
TV, radio, speeches, posters, pamphlets,
art).
CENSORSHIP restricts or removes ideas or
information from the public discourse.
THE VANISHING WATER COMMISSIONER
THE VANISHING WATER COMMISSIONER
ST. PETERSBURG 1920
ST. PETERSBURG 1920 (AS IT APPEARS IN SJ)
STALIN STANDS ALONE (EVENTUALLY)
TROTSKY IN A STUDENT TEXTBOOK
“FREE SPEECH AREA,” 2004 DNC
IS THIS PROPAGANDA? CENSORSHIP?
POLITICAL JARGON AND EMPTY WORDS –
CENSORING THOUGHT?
Orwell writes about
words whose meanings
have become empty and
easily manipulated. He
sees this as a form of
censorship that can even
lead to self-censorship.
SLOGANEERING
Employing or inventing slogans– especially
in a political context
Reducing complex ideas to a small phrase
whose meaning is tough to pin down and
difficult to refute.
CAN YOU IDENTIFY THESE SLOGANS?
Support Our Troops
These Colors Don’t Run
Yes We Can
They Hate Our Freedom
Work Makes You Free
You Are Either With Us, Or You Are With the
Terrorists
INFORMATION OVERLOAD
The condition of receiving so much
information that it becomes impossible to
notice or understand the larger issues at
stake in any situation, or to find anyone
else who understands enough about an
issue to share your understanding of it.
FROM FAHRENHEIT 451, BY RAY BRADBURY
“Cram them full of non-combustible data,
chock them so damned full of 'facts' they
feel stuffed, but absolutely 'brilliant' with
information. Then they'll feel they're
thinking, they'll get a sense of motion
without moving. And they'll be happy,
because facts of that sort don't change.”
SPECTACLE AND RITUAL
Many philosophers and thinkers who followed Orwell focused on the role of Ritual and
Spectacle as forms of propaganda– though Orwell certainly showed the role of
ritual and propaganda in oppressive societies.
Noam Chomsky, Manufacturing Consent:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vz1nIHv6P6Q
Guy DeBord, Society of the Spectacle
SPECTACLE AND RITUAL
RITUAL: A FORM OF PROPAGANDA THAT CREATS CEREMONIES–
OFTEN REVERED CEREMONIES– THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO
ENFORCE PATTERNS OF BEHAVIOR AND EMOTIONAL REACTIONS
SPECTACLE: THE “SHOW OF IMAGES” THAT CLOAK, MASK OR HIDE
REALITY. OR: THE “SPECTACULAR” DISTRACTIONS FROM REAL
ISSUES, CONCERNS, ETC.
RITUAL AND CEREMONY
SPECTACLE
In the following slides, I’ve juxtaposed some images.
What do these juxtapositions suggest about the
way spectacle may be used as a form of
propaganda, censorship, or self-censorship?
SPECTACLE AND RITUAL
Chicago Teachers Union Striking for Improved Working Condi
2013
SPECTACLE AND RITUAL
San Francisco 49er Playoff Rally
SPECTACLE V. REBELLION
Chilean students protest for free education, 2012
SPECTACLE V. REBELLION
Chilean Student Protests for Free
Education, 2012
SPECTACLE V. REBELLION
Fans Outside Justin Beiber’s Hotel, London, 2012
SPECTACLE V. REBELLION
Fans Outside Justin Beiber’s Hotel, London, 2012