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fandomhigh2006-11-13 03:46 pm
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[Media Studies & Communication: Week 10, 4th Period]
Logan had coffee going and was looking a little worn, but otherwise quite fine, as he waited for everyone to file in and take a handout. On each desk was a book filled with full color, retro-style posters.
"So," he began. "Today we're looking at a powerful tool - not only of governments and the military, though their use tends to be the most well-known, but in advertising and even everyday personal interactions.
"Propaganda. It's a hefty word, right? And probably makes you think of the absurd rumors that are tossed around in political campaigns, insinuations and blatant lies that some institutions slap on brightly colored posters to get you to toe the line or follow their particular brand of bullcrap."
He smiled somewhat wryly. "And what I just said is even an example; obviously it was biased information, given my phrasing, and the beginning of an attempt to coerce you to believe what I meant if I'd continued any longer.
"The best use for propaganda is to instill carefully structured information in a specific subset of people. Sometimes its use is positive, but quite often it's applied with fear and hate." Logan turned on the monitor, flashing by images indicating the former and the latter.
Logan flipped to a new frame on the monitor displaying:
1. Who does this benefit?
2. Who is the audience?
3. What is the intended result?
"So what I'd like you to do is choose a poster from the book on your desk -- or describe one you've seen personally, if you'd like - and identify the three points in relation to that piece of propaganda."
[ooc: I keep getting later and later. *sigh*Wait for OCD... Done!]
[Attendance / Syllabus]
"So," he began. "Today we're looking at a powerful tool - not only of governments and the military, though their use tends to be the most well-known, but in advertising and even everyday personal interactions.
"Propaganda. It's a hefty word, right? And probably makes you think of the absurd rumors that are tossed around in political campaigns, insinuations and blatant lies that some institutions slap on brightly colored posters to get you to toe the line or follow their particular brand of bullcrap."
He smiled somewhat wryly. "And what I just said is even an example; obviously it was biased information, given my phrasing, and the beginning of an attempt to coerce you to believe what I meant if I'd continued any longer.
"The best use for propaganda is to instill carefully structured information in a specific subset of people. Sometimes its use is positive, but quite often it's applied with fear and hate." Logan turned on the monitor, flashing by images indicating the former and the latter.
Logan flipped to a new frame on the monitor displaying:
2. Who is the audience?
3. What is the intended result?
"So what I'd like you to do is choose a poster from the book on your desk -- or describe one you've seen personally, if you'd like - and identify the three points in relation to that piece of propaganda."
[ooc: I keep getting later and later. *sigh*
[Attendance / Syllabus]
Re: Choose and Describe.
1. This poster benefits everyone on the side of the people who posted the poster. The Navy and other services get to keep quiet the sensitive information they need to keep quiet in order to do an operation without the enemy knowing. It benefits the sailor in the picture and all military personnel because it encourages the civilians to understand that keeping active operational information secret ensures that the enemy doesn't know what's coming so they don't know how to retaliate. A successful operation can be carried out with minimal loss of life. It benefits the civilians who the military are fighting for. They may not like being kept out of the loop, but it's for their own protection and it's in their best interests that the military is allowed to do its job without interference during wartime.
2. Civilians and inexperienced military personnel.
3. To tell civilians that they can't know everything, and to tell inexperienced military personnel that they can't tell everything if they want operations to succeed, and the nation to remain secure.