Propaganda

1. Propaganda And its Uses & Abuses

2. Propaganda Techniques Bandwagon You may recognize a few… This technique involves encouraging people to think or act in some way simply because other people are doing so. For example: "All your neighbors are rushing down to Mistri Motors to take advantage of this year-end sale. You come, too!” This technique involves making a claim that one should act or think in a certain way because of the high social status associated with the action or thought. For example: "Felson’s Furs – the feeling of luxury, for those who can afford the very best." This technique involves promoting or challenging an opinion by using words that are so vague or so poorly defined as to be almost meaningless. For example: "Try our new and improved, all-natural product." A propaganda technique is an improper appeal to emotion used for the purpose of swaying the opinions of an audience. The following propaganda techniques are common: Snob Appeal Vague/ Undefined

3. Propaganda Techniques Loaded Words Transfer You may recognize a few… This technique involves using words with strong positive or negative connotations, or associations. Name-calling is an example of the use of loaded words. So is any use of words that are charged with emotion. For example: "No really intelligent voter would support his candidacy." This technique involves making an illogical association between one thing and something else that is generally viewed as positive or negative. For example: " The American pioneers worked hard because they cared about the future. If you can about the future of your family, then see your agent at Pioneer Insurance." This technique involves having an unqualified person endorse a product, action, or opinion. For example: "Hi, I’m Bart Bearson. As a pro-football quarterback, I have to be concerned about my health. That’s why I take Pro-Ball Vitamin Supplements." Avoid using propaganda techniques in your own speech and writing, and be on the alert for these techniques in the speech and writing of others. Look for these techniques when watching television or looking a published ads (magazines or newspaper). Unreliable Testemony http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/activity/second_war_independence/pages/aganda.html

4. How to Write a Propaganda Speech by Kristyn Hammond, Demand Media Propaganda Speech Step 1 • A propaganda speech is a specialized form of a persuasive speech. Both attempt to convince or persuade, but the propaganda utilizes a different approach to logic than a persuasive speech. Critics of propaganda accuse the style of purposefully using manipulation or faulty logic to influence an audience. From a rhetorical perspective, propaganda is an emotional appeal that mimics logical techniques. Well-delivered propaganda can be an effective form of persuasion, especially when delivered by a trustworthy speaker. • Select a topic from fields that interest you, and about whose various issues you are fully aware. Construct your topic to inform your audience about your general idea and to include an implied action that you want your audience to take. For instance, you may be very informed about the need to recycle and choose that as your topic and choose the topic, "How you can benefit from recycling," noting that the specific implied action is for your audience to begin a recycling program at your school or in their own homes. Remember that your actual topic is the general idea of your speech and your action is the specific action you want your audience to take. http://classroom.synonym.com/write-propaganda-speech-4453.html

5. How to Write a Propaganda Speech by Kristyn Hammond, Demand Media Step 2 Step 3 • Test the virtue of your propaganda speech by asking yourself if the implied action should be a universal action, and identify any harm that could result from your implied action. Decide to continue your speech or select a different topic based on your actions and moral decision-making. As an example, the action of recycling is good for the environment, and the physical cost for your audience is low, so you decide that a propaganda speech promoting recycling would be a good thing. • Test the need for you to use a propaganda-style speech by analyzing the reasons why people do not currently support your action. For instance, you notice that your audience does not currently recycle and you decide to either speak to a number of your fellow classmates and ask their reasons or research some of the classic reasons why people fail to recycle.

6. How to Write a Propaganda Speech by Kristyn Hammond, Demand Media Step 4 Step 5 • Construct a logical argument that supports your case, one that is understandable and will sound reasonable. Identify its logical flaws and mark them as places where you need to address issues emotionally. As an example, you create a logical argument that suggests that recycling is a patriotic duty, or a matter of school pride. You recognize that the link between recycling and patriotism is weak, so you mark this weakness as something you will cover emotionally. • Write your speech. Begin by writing a strong introduction that grabs your audience and connects with them based on their interests. Develop compelling emotional ties that establish connections in your logic that seem weak. Use elements of your connections and form compelling arguments to support your implied action. For instance, you use your audience's connection to patriotism, a strong emotion in most audiences, and connect their feelings of patriotic appreciation to their duty to recycle. Write your conclusion to bring all of your points together and state the action you wish them to perform, such as recycling at home.

7. Your Assignment: • Take a propaganda filled speech or one of your own creation • “improve” it • Alter or change it to make the propaganda more effective • Due Monday

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