Download Propaganda and Politics

Archaeological
remains reveal
thousands of
years of the use
of propaganda
techniques.
WHY DO WE NEED TO KNOW
HOW PROPAGANDA IS USED IN
POLITICS?
Politics – the
activities or affairs
engaged in by a
government,
politician, or
political party.
Do you think it is fair to use
propaganda techniques over
important political issues?
REMEMBER: Propaganda is the
systematic effort to manipulate other
people’s beliefs, attitudes, and/or
actions.
(These things can be used: words, gestures, banners,
monuments, music, clothing, insignia, hairstyles,
designs on coins and postage stamps, television
programming, movies, and so forth.)
Is this propaganda? Explain.
What is
the
message?
Is this propaganda? Explain.
What is
the
message?
Is this propaganda? Explain.
What is
the
message?
“THE BIG LIE”
 Remember Josef Goebbels from the reading you were
given earlier? He was the Nazi minister of
propaganda.
 He believed that people would believe anything, no
matter how blatantly false, as long as it was repeated
consistently and confidently.
 Goebbels used this philosophy to promote the mass
killing of millions of people with the approval of the
public.
 A few of his posters follow.
Is this propaganda? Explain.
What is
the
message?
“National Socialism: The Organized Will of the People”
Is this propaganda? Explain.
What
What is are
stereotypes
the
evident
in
this
message?
poster?
Notice the Marxist in the red
hat and the Jewish man
whispering in his ear.
“The workers have awakened!:
Is this propaganda? Explain.
The snake has the Jewish Star of
David on the head. The words
coming from the snake include:
usury, unemployment, lies,
betrayal, inflation, fear, war, and
the namesWhat
of prominent
is the Jewish
people involved
in financial
message?
scandals.
Is this propaganda? Explain.
What is
the
message?
Remember: the opposite of propaganda is
education, which tries to present all sides.
You are less easily persuaded when you are
educated about matters.
Propaganda is only dangerous when the viewer
doesn’t see it as propaganda but as fact.
How easy is it
to break into
YOUR
brain?