Propaganda campaign?

Question

I have to do a case study on a propaganda campaign. Any ideas?

Answer 1

Start with anything by Noam Chomsky and Edward Herman - perhaps Manufacturing Consent - then see if you can apply their analysis to a more contemporary situation.

Answer 2

Watch some TV. Every social or political idea presented, either with favor or with disfavor, is propaganda. Only two or three percent of Americans even recognize the work of the mass media, both fictional offerings and newscasts, as a concerted effort to condition human minds. Can you rise above it mentally?

As an example of how challenging it can be to recognize propaganda, have a look at the answer from mswathi1025 (below). Can you spot the propaganda in it? She put it after she mentions the name of the technique it relies upon: Unstated Assumption (plus Bandwagon). What, indeed, was wrong about the propaganda used by the Soviets or by the Nazis? Do you know? Do you, in fact, understand the ideas that made Communism and Nazism popular with many people? Do you know where (or even whether) those ideas went astray?

No? Would you have thought of those questions if I had not made them explicit?

No? Well, then. You see how difficult it can be to spot propaganda.

Notice, also, that mswathi1025 carefully steers clear of any mention of the largest source of media propaganda today: Zionism. Why did she avoid identifying the Jews as the controllers of our mass media? Read her "About Me" page, and you'll learn that she is an author. She makes her money by publishing books. Guess who owns most of the big publishing companies? Right. Jews.

Propaganda is not always a bunch of lies. Sometimes it is a kind of deception that does not depend on lies. For example, there's a form of propaganda that tries to convince people that the truth is a lie. The truth can be spoken, as it were, through a mouthful of garbage, so that it comes out with a stinking odor that makes people want to disbelieve.

A trained actor can say something perfectly truthful, as one of his lines in a movie, but since his character is a despicable villain, you're convinced that he has lied to the other movie characters. The movie watcher retains the impression about the falseness of the statement when he leaves the theater, and until the error is recognized he will conduct himself in accordance with it. He will use his money, his voice and his vote in an unknowing pursuit of the aims of the propagandist who snared his mind with movie dialogue.

Sometimes propaganda isn't even deception. Sometimes it is nothing more than a passionate and effective presentation of little-known truths. Furthermore, the intent of propaganda is not always to lead people to their harm; it can, in fact, be the reverse - an attempt to save people from a fate to which their collective actions would eventually take them.

Most of the time, propaganda is intended to serve the selfish interests of its creator. But not always. If you can learn to tell the one sort from the other, you will stand above 98% of the human race with respect to wisdom.

Answer 3

Well the British done a good propaganda campaign against Nazi Germany.

It would be well worth looking into.

Hitler has only got 1 ball,the others in the Albert hall was a popular song of the time:)

Answer 4

How about the propaganda campaign the Republicans have been waging for the last few years against the "liberal" media?

Answer 5

Propaganda is a specific type of message presentation directly aimed at influencing the opinions or behavior of people, rather than impartially providing information. An appeal to one's emotions is, perhaps, the more obvious propaganda method, but there are varied other more subtle and insidious forms. On the other hand, a most common characteristic of propaganda is volume (in the sense of a large amount). Individually propaganda functions as self-deception. Culturally it works within religions, politics, and economic entities like those which both favor and oppose globalization. Commercially it works within the (mass)market in the free market societies.

Propaganda shares techniques with advertising and public relations. In fact, advertising and public relations can be thought of as propaganda that promotes a commercial product or shapes the perception of an organization, person or brand. A number of techniques which are based on research are used to generate propaganda. Many of these same techniques can be found under logical fallacies, since propagandists use arguments that, while sometimes convincing, are not necessarily valid. A few examples are: Flag-waving, Glittering generalities, Intentional vagueness, Oversimplification, Rationalization, Red herring, Slogans, Stereotyping, Testimonial, Unstated assumption.

In the West, the term propaganda now overlaps with distinct terms like indoctrination (ideological views established by repetition rather than verification) and mass suggestion (broader strategic methods). In practice, the terms are often used synonymously. Historically, the most common use of the term propaganda started to be in the religious context of the Catholic Church and evolved to be more common in political contexts, in particular to refer to certain efforts sponsored by governments, political groups, but also often covert interests. In the early 20th century the term propaganda was also used by the founders of the nascent public relations industry to describe their activities; this usage died out around the time of World War II, as the industry started to avoid the word, given the pejorative connotation it had acquired.

Literally translated from the Latin gerundive as "things which must be disseminated," in some cultures the term is neutral or even positive, while in others the term has acquired a strong negative connotation. Its connotations can also vary over time. For example, in Portuguese and some Spanish language speaking countries, particularly in the Southern Cone, the word "propaganda" usually means the most common manipulation of information — "advertising". In English, "propaganda" was originally a neutral term used to describe the dissemination of information in favor of any given cause. During the 20th century, however, the term acquired a thoroughly negative meaning in western countries, of equalling the intentional dissemination of false, but perhaps "compelling", claims supporting or justifying nefarious political ideologies. This redefinition arose because both the Soviet Union and Germany's government under Hitler admitted explicitly to using propaganda favoring, respectively, communism and fascism, in all forms of public expression. As these ideologies were antipathetic to English-language and other western societies, the negative feelings toward them came to be projected into the word "propaganda" itself. Nowadays nobody admits doing propaganda but, on the other side, everybody accuses the opponent of doing propaganda, whenever there is an opponent in question.

At the left, right, or mainstream, propaganda knows no borders; as is detailed by Roderick Hindery. Hindery further argues that debates about most social issues can be productively revisited in the context of asking "what is or is not propaganda?" Not to be overlooked is the link between propaganda, indoctrination, and terrorism/counterterrorism. Mere threats to destroy are often as socially disruptive as physical devastation itself.

Answer 6

Watch the commercials for the election of Democrat candidates,appearing on a TV near you! Or simply watch the news on ABC,CBS,NBC & CNN! or Read the New York Times! PS:Funny Witty Smart is neither!!

Answer 7

A book called a easily led, a History of propoganda, by oliver thomson. Shows you british, U.S., german etc. propoganda.

Answer 8

That's easy. It's all in American politics.