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Propaganda Unit

Propaganda Unit. Manipulating the Truth. Journal . How do you envision the future? What do you think life on the earth will be like 20 or 50 or 100 or more years from now?. Propaganda Unit Vocabulary . Analysis: breaking down an idea into its parts

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Propaganda Unit

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  1. Propaganda Unit Manipulating the Truth

  2. Journal • How do you envision the future? What do you think life on the earth will be like 20 or 50 or 100 or more years from now?

  3. Propaganda Unit Vocabulary • Analysis: breaking down an idea into its parts • Ideology: beliefs that guide actions for an individual or group • Media: Means of communication • Mislead: lead wrongly; lead astray • Persuasion: induce to believe; convincing arguments • Propaganda: information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc.

  4. Civil Discourse: the ability to talk about controversial issues respectfully • Critical Thinking: disciplined thinking that is clear, rational, open-minded, and informed by evidence • Orwellian: George Orwell; author of Nineteen Eighty-Four • Doublespeak: evasive, ambiguous language that is intended to deceive or confuse. • Newsspeak: Evasive, ambiguous language used by news media • Big Brother: Government; people in control • Thought crimes: What you think can be against the law • Thought Police: the enforcers against thought crimes

  5. Dystopia and Utopia Definitions • Utopia: • A place, state, or condition that is ideally perfect in respect of politics, laws, customs, and conditions • Dystopia: A futuristic, imagined universe in which oppressive mind and physical control and the illusion of a perfect society are maintained through totalitarian control. Dystopias, are an exaggerated worst-case scenario that are making a criticism about a current trend, society, or political system.

  6. George Orwell’s 1984

  7. 2+2=5 Slavery is Freedom War is Peace Ignorance is Strength Big Brother is Watching You

  8. Journal topic: • Think about a country where people believe the following statements:"Big Brother is Watching You," "War is Peace," "Slavery is Freedom," "Ignorance is Strength," 2+2=5 • What would a government have to do or be like to get you and others to believe these statements?

  9. Video trailers 1984 trailer: "They can't get inside your head" speech http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfK5dKH6ojg&feature=related Overview of story: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52wis_sLT1I&feature=related Slogans shown but with footage other than movie: Good for showing slogans from 1984: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEphsAOvBw8&feature=related

  10. Characteristics of a Dystopia • Propaganda is used to control the citizens of society. • Information, independent thought, and freedom are restricted. • A figurehead or concept is worshipped by the citizens of the society. • Citizens are perceived to be under constant surveillance. • Citizens have a fear of the outside world. • Citizens live in a dehumanized state. • The natural world is banished and distrusted. • Citizens conform to uniform expectations. Individuality and dissent are bad. • The society is an illusion of a perfect utopian world

  11. Connections: The Hunger Games • Manipulation of what is real • How is reality manipulated by the Capitol? • People starving • The Hunger Games • The “image” of the tributes • Do we see this same kind of manipulation of truth today? • Ad makers • Politics • News Media

  12. What is it? • Assignment: Create a definition of propaganda using the multiple definitions on handout

  13. Campaign Ad examples • http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/commercials/type/fear • Bomb (Nuclear Treaty)(Humphrey, 1968) • McGovern Defense (Nixon, 1972) • Bear (Reagain, 1984) • Revolving Door • http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/commercials/type/documentary • Credibility (Bush, 1988) • The Mission (Dukakis, 1988) • Riady (Dole, 1996) • Really (Bush, 2000)

  14. Propaganda • http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/lessons/18 • Lessons!!!

  15. Hunger Games and Appearance

  16. The Role of Media in Elections: Quotes • http://www.frankwbaker.com/mediaquotes.htm • (Handout in Media Lit folder)

  17. http://inquirer.philly.com/opinion/cv/visual.html • How Images Manipulate You

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