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Whose voice guides your choice? Clipart-Microsoft Office XP 2002 Propaganda techniques in the media How do you decide who is the best candidate… Clipart-Microsoft Office XP 2002 or which is the best toothpaste ? Clipart-Microsoft Office XP 2002 Looking for facts to back up your choice is an excellent idea, but find out who is presenting those facts. Clipart-Microsoft Office XP 2002 Are they facts at all, or is the advertiser using propaganda techniques to persuade you? Clipart-Microsoft Office XP 2002 What are Propaganda techniques? • Propaganda is designed to persuade. • Its purpose is to influence your opinions, emotions, attitudes, or behavior. • It seeks to “guide your choice.” Who uses Propaganda? •Military •Media •Advertisers •Politicians •You and I What are some of the techniques used to persuade us? •Bandwagon •Testimonial •Repetition •Transfer •Name-calling Bandwagon •Everybody is doing this. •If you want to fit in, you need to “jump on the bandwagon” and do it too. •The implication is that you must JOIN in to FIT in. Clipart-Microsoft Office XP 2002 For example: If the Taylor Swift drinks milk, then you need to drink it also. Testimonial •A famous person endorses an idea, a product, a candidate. •If someone famous uses this product, believes this idea, or supports this candidate, so should we. For example: If you choose Jenny Craig, you will be healthier and lose weight like Queen Latifah. Repetition A key word, phrase, or name is repeated to impress it on the reader’s mind. A logo may also be repeated. Atlas and only Atlas flies you anywhere at low Atlas fares. Remember Atlas is at your service. Transfer •Symbols, quotes, or images of famous people are used to convey a message. •The message may not necessarily be associated with them. For example: Joe uses symbols of America to tie his restaurant to American values for Independence Day. Celebrate the American Way this 4th of JulyEat at Joe’s Joe’s Barbeque Clipart-Microsoft Office XP 2002 The soft, cozy fabrics of Hermes make me feel good. Karlie Kloss in Hermes Spring 2010 Name-calling •Words that have a negative connotation are used to create an unfavorable impression of someone or something. • If that word or feeling goes along with that person or idea, the implication is that we shouldn’t be interested in it. For example: Do we want a mayor who will leave us in debt? Clipart-Microsoft Office XP 2002 Spending grew 100% under Mayor Moneybags! A classic anti- American poster highly useful for illustrating "AntiAmericanism". It was circulated in Germany during World War II. Comedian Brad Young This guy or Brad Young for Mayor? Are you sure you this comedian to be your next mayor? He looks more like a comedian than a business man. He has betrayed public trust through his tricks in the court room as a defense lawyer for the wealthy. BIAS an inclination to present or hold a partial perspective at the expense of alternatives. Bias can come in many forms. – Television – Novels – Newspapers – Magazines – Advertisements How do we make sure that we are making informed choices, Clipart-Microsoft Office XP 2002 instead of allowing others to sway us in our decisionmaking? We make our own choices when … •we read and listen to reliable sources, •we watch for combinations of truths and lies, •we check for hidden messages, •we watch for use of propaganda techniques, and, most importantly, www.scottish.parliament.uk/ educationservice WHEN WE LISTEN TO OUR OWN VOICES !