PROPAGANDA

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PROPAGANDA

• An analysis of Propaganda found in 1984 and
  famous speeches of recent history.
• Chip Miller
• 1st period CP 11

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testimonials

• All three had written long, abject articles in
  the Times, analyzing the reasons for their
  defection and promising to make amends (Orwell
  65).

The same Republicans who are talking about
security for the elderly have nominated a man who
said just four years ago that Participation in
social security should be made voluntary. And
that nominee is no friend of the senior citizens
of this Nation. Senator Edward M. Kennedy -
August 12, 1980
Jarod Fogle for Subway
Both of these examples show the power of
testimonials to influence the perception of the
average citizen towards the ideals of others.
Both of these examples use testimonials in a
negative context which is different than the
typical positive message associated with a
testimonial. While the overall tone is the same,
the actual goal of these examples is what makes
them different. Big Brother was using this
technique to shame others and dissuade people
from actions that go against Big Brother.
Kennedy was trying to expose the hypocrisy
associated with the Republican party to encourage
citizens to vote for Democrats.
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glittering generalities

• patriotism is always more than just loyalty to a
  place on a map or a certain kind of people.
  Instead, it is also loyalty to Americas ideals
  ideals for which anyone can sacrifice, or defend,
  or give their last full measure of devotion.
  Barack Obama, June 30, 2008
• The phrase our new happy life recurred many
  times. It had been a favorite as of late with
  the Ministry of Plenty (Orwell pg.51).
• Here the examples both show the use of loaded
  language to give a positive feeling towards the
  ideas that Obama and Big Brother were trying to
  get across to the people. The target audience
  was also similar in that both were directed
  towards the citizens of the country. A major
  difference lies within the end result of what the
  speaker was trying to accomplish. Obama was
  trying to motivate citizens to become an active
  member of their country while Big Brother was
  trying to deceive the people into thinking their
  lives were better than they really were.