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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?