Subliminal Messaging! Ahh! Propaganda Subliminal Messaging! Ahh!

Information aimed at positively or negatively influencing the opinions or behaviors of large numbers of people Advertisements that try to get you to think one way or another or to do something A form of persuasive techniques What is it?

Wars Political Campaigns Common Examples

Forms of Propaganda Warning: Some of these are offensive

Name-Calling An attack on a person instead of an issue Commonly employed by users of internet forums and politicians Example “I think your idea that Mario is better than Zelda is wrong.” “Yeah, well you’re a noob so what do you know.” Name-Calling

Tries to persuade the reader to do, think, or buy something because it is popular or because “everyone” is doing it Used by your friends, called peer pressure Bandwagon

An attempt to distract the reader with details not relevant to the argument Where have you heard this term before!? Shows they have no better argument Red Herring

Tries to persuade the reader by using words that appeal to the reader’s emotions instead of to logic or reason Fear or kindness are usually the two most common emotions In the arms of the angels… Emotional Appeal

Show Your Understanding Choose three of the following types of propaganda Name-Calling Bandwagon Red Herring Emotional Appeal Create your own example using a full-size sheet of printer paper (for each) about an insignificant topic Avoid political arguments Argue non-controversial things like cake vs. pie Show Your Understanding

Attempts to persuade the reader by using a famous person to endorse a product or idea Makeup ads all over the place You can be as awesome as this celebrity if you use this product! If you don’t use this product, you’re as bad as this terrible person! Testimonial

Attempts to persuade the reader by repeating a message over and over again Songs or catchy tunes get stuck in your head Repetition

Sweeping Generalization Makes an oversimplified statement about a group based on limited information You don’t want to be judged based on your group, so why judge others based on theirs? Sweeping Generalization

States a conclusion as part of the proof of the argument No evidence to support the conclusion, just using that conclusion as evidence Circular Argument

Appeal to Numbers and Statistics Attempts to persuade the reader by showing how many people think something is true If they’re that popular, they must be good Appeal to Numbers and Statistics

Show Your Understanding Choose three of the following types of propaganda Testimonial Repetition Sweeping Generalization Circular Argument Appeal to Numbers and Statistics Create your own example using a full-size sheet of printer paper (for each) about an insignificant topic Avoid political arguments Argue non-controversial things like cake vs. pie Show Your Understanding