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Propaganda Web Quest
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“How fortunate for leaders that men do not think.”
-Adolf Hitler
Read the following questions and use the propaganda critic website to help you answer
them. Don’t forget to restate and use complete sentences.
Propaganda: the spreading of ideas, information, or rumor for the purpose of helping or
injuring an institution, a cause, or a person
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Why is propaganda used?_____________________________________________
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2. Who might use propaganda? (Include three examples) ______________________
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Propaganda Techniques
1. Define name-calling? ________________________________________________
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2. Define glittering generalities and explain how it is different than name-calling.
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3. Define Euphemism__________________________________________________
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4. How has Euphemism been used in wartime propaganda?____________________
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5. Define testimonial. __________________________________________________
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6. How can you evaluate a testimonial? ____________________________________
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7. What is the Plain Folks technique? _____________________________________
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List the critical questions should you ask when you are exposed to Plain Folk? (in
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9. Based on the explanation of plain folks, what is snob appeal? (This is not in the
website, you must process this one on your own. What do you think the opposite
might be?)_________________________________________________________
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What is Bandwagon?___________________________________________________
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10. How is Bandwagon used to influence people’s thoughts? ________________
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11. How is fear used as propaganda?_______________________________________
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12. Explain how fear propaganda has been used in the post 9/11 world? ___________
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13. What is Demonization?_______________________________________________
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Actual Propaganda Poster Evaluation
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