Propoganda Introduction

Exaggerated information that is spread for the purpose of supporting or attacking a movement, cause, or person. 

• PROPAGANDA

• DEFINITION

Promotes an idea about the enemy being a threatening, evil aggressor with only destructive objectives

• DEMONIZATION

• EMOTIONAL APPEALS

EMOTIONAL APPEALS

• Calls upon the audience's feelings.  

• Links a person, or idea, to a negative symbol.  It is used in hopes that the audience will reject the person or the idea on the basis of the negative symbol, instead of looking at the available evidence

NAME CALLING

• Links a person, or idea, to a negative symbol. 

• NAME CALLING

Patriotic Appeals

• Persuade by calling on ones community spirit, specifically on ones love of country.

• Attractive and easy to remember.

Attractive and easy to remember.

• CATCHY SLOGAN

• Patriotic Appeals

Symbols that appeal to people's emotions – like flags, statues, mothers and children, and enemy uniforms

• CATCHY SLOGAN

• EVOCATIVE VISUAL SYMBOL

Use of humor  or cartoons 

• HUMOR OR CARICATURE 

• Symbols that appeal to people's emotions – like flags, statues, mothers and children, and enemy uniforms