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Propaganda In Elections


Have you ever seen a TV commercial portraying a disastrous automobile
accident, and then you reminds you to wear your seatbealts?!?! Believe it or not,
that's using a technique in propaganda called the fear appeal.
Propaganda is more widespread than people picture. Propaganda is being
used for everything from the baby food you feed your child to the TV commercial
you laughed at yesterday night.
There are many techniques that a propagandist can use to seduce you.
Some of the best known styles in propaganda are Plain Folk, Fear, Name Calling,
and Glittering Generality,
In this year's elections, propaganda has played an important role in who
was elected. This year's presidential candidates ...

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fears,
practitioners of this technique hopes to redirect the merits of a proposal and
towards steps that can be taken to reduce the fear.
Propaganda has had a tremendously powerful role in the history of the
world and in our own development. It has stirred both men and women to
unprecedented feats and ruined reputations.
What comes to mind when you think of a racist person? I imagine an angry
white male with a Ku Kux Klan costume. I rarely think of the other racists, the
African-Americans, the Latino-Americans, the Asian-Americans and the rest of
whom believe they are the superior race. Why do people as myself picture this
image when we think of a racist person? I'll tell you so, it's because we have
been "trained" to make the presumption racist equals white male in kkk costume.
That's the Name Calling device at work! It links a person to a negative idea or
symbol.
Glittering Generality is in short Name Calling in reverse, while the
Name Calling device ties a person to a negative ...

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