The overt message is to duck and cover when threatened by a bomb.
The covert message is essentially that you can die from the bombs.
This is informational because it was used to teach people things and is clearly teaching people about something.
Monday, January 16, 2012
Propaganda
The overt message is to stop eating bread.
The covert message is to sacrifice certain things in order to support troops.
The disparity makes it propaganda because it only displays one way to help the country but alludes to many more ways.
The covert message is to sacrifice certain things in order to support troops.
The disparity makes it propaganda because it only displays one way to help the country but alludes to many more ways.
"Clampdown" by The Clash (1979)
- This song is about discrimination in society and brainwashing to believe certain things. "Taking of his turban..." and "We will teach the our twisted speech" support this.
- Musical elements that add to my interpretation are the angsty sound and the rebelling voice straining the lyrics, as well as the rough guitar.
- This song relates to propaganda/persuasion/deception because it is talking about how the government makes people believe things, whether it be through propaganda, persuasion, or deception.
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Propaganda, Persuasion, Rhetoric, and Argument
Four quotes: #655, #662, #723, #750
Chosen quote: 662. Television feeds us poison ivy by lying to us about what life is really like, what people are really like.
Communication between people is increasingly out of sync. Television has lied to us about
ourselves, and because it shovels information at us in such quantities so relentlessly and with such
impact, we believe it instead of believing our own guts. We find it harder to understand each other.
We find it harder to understand ourselves. LORING MANDEL, “Television Pollutes Us All”, New York
Times, 25 March 1970
Analysis: Television puts forth a view on life that becomes the norm for society. Its audience begins to see the life portrayed on TV as the "normalcy" and as something they should follow. This is the overt aspect of television--its main goal is to set forth a life that is worthy of following in a forward way. Propaganda comes from the constancy in most TV shows, considering there are many aspects of all television programs that are comparable. Many people would not go into so much detail as to compare crucial plot, characterization, and structure points. Although a person may not pay too much attention to these things, he or she is thereby affected. He or she begins to obliviously take on these "normal" characteristics displayed on television. During his or her adaptation to normalcy, he or she begins to lose himself or herself; succumbing to the life portrayed on television.
Chosen quote: 662. Television feeds us poison ivy by lying to us about what life is really like, what people are really like.
Communication between people is increasingly out of sync. Television has lied to us about
ourselves, and because it shovels information at us in such quantities so relentlessly and with such
impact, we believe it instead of believing our own guts. We find it harder to understand each other.
We find it harder to understand ourselves. LORING MANDEL, “Television Pollutes Us All”, New York
Times, 25 March 1970
Analysis: Television puts forth a view on life that becomes the norm for society. Its audience begins to see the life portrayed on TV as the "normalcy" and as something they should follow. This is the overt aspect of television--its main goal is to set forth a life that is worthy of following in a forward way. Propaganda comes from the constancy in most TV shows, considering there are many aspects of all television programs that are comparable. Many people would not go into so much detail as to compare crucial plot, characterization, and structure points. Although a person may not pay too much attention to these things, he or she is thereby affected. He or she begins to obliviously take on these "normal" characteristics displayed on television. During his or her adaptation to normalcy, he or she begins to lose himself or herself; succumbing to the life portrayed on television.
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