1. Erin Baker, Media Specialist Durham Middle School
What is Propaganda?
Erin Baker, Media Specialist
Durham Middle School

2. Propaganda
Propaganda is (1) information presented in order to (2) influence a reader. It is not necessarily (3) good or (4) bad. Propaganda played an important part in (5) World War II as both the Allies and the Axis used propaganda to shape (6) public opinion. It was used to raise the morale (7) (happiness) of people at home and the forces fighting abroad and to make the enemy seem more (8) brutal. Propaganda was used to (9) decrease the morale of the people on the other side to try and get them to (10) oppose the war and lose their belief in a victory. (11) Adolf Hitler used (12) propaganda posters to show himself surrounded by adoring followers to make him look like a great (13) leader.
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3. Propaganda Techniques
Generalization:a suggestion stating something to be true  either of all members of a certain class or of an unlimited part of that class
Name-calling: insults directed at the opponent; questioning their character or motives
Emotional Appeal: a misconception, where a debater attempts to win an argument by trying to get an emotional reaction from the opponent and audience
Slogans: a motto associated with a political party, movement or other group
Pseudo Solutions: vague generalizations that sound convincing and incite people to a cause but really say very little