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Using Propaganda Techniques. What is propaganda?. Using different methods to manipulate people into accepting an idea. Propaganda can influence a person’s emotions, opinions, attitudes, and behavior. Propaganda is used by the military, media, advertisers, and politicians.
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What is propaganda? • Using different methods to manipulate people into accepting an idea. • Propaganda can influence a person’s emotions, opinions, attitudes, and behavior. • Propaganda is used by the military, media, advertisers, and politicians. • The goal is to persuade people to accept an idea.
What are the different propaganda techniques used to persuade people? • Bandwagon • Testimonials • Plain Folks • Repetition • Transfer • Emotional Words • Name Calling • Faculty Cause and Effects • Compare and Contrast
Bandwagon- “Join the crowd” • This technique tries to persuade everyone to join in and do the same thing. • Example-Mc Donald’s 99 billion served
Testimonial- • This technique uses an important person or famous figure to endorse a product. • Example-George Clooney selling coffee.
Plain Folk • This technique uses normal people to promote a product or support a particular idea. • Example- supporting the war
Repetition • This technique uses a name, keyword, or phrases repeatedly. • Example-Using the word tide over and over again.
Transfer • This technique transfers good feelings, looks, or ideas to the person for whom the product is intended. • Symbols like the cross or flag are used in this technique. • Example- using American Revolution soldiers to get support for the World War II soldiers
Emotional Words • This technique uses words to evoke positive feelings, for example, words like luxury, beautiful, paradise, or economical. • Example-Using the image of someone dying from smoking would convey a sad message.
How are these images examples of Name-calling? • This technique uses negative words to create an unfavorable opinion of the competition in the viewer’s mind. • Example-one soup company is stating that their product is much better because of they have better ingredients.
How are these images examples of Faculty cause and effect? • This technique uses a product that is credited with a positive result.
How are these images examples of Compare and Contrast? • This technique leads the viewer to believe one product is better than another, although no real proof is offered. • Example-This image conveys the differences between the Democratic Party and Republican Party.
Sources • Carrie Crisman Oorlog-http://cc136.k12.sd.us • Debbie Ray-www.aacps.org