Orwellian Propaganda Analysis

Totalitarian leaders used propaganda to persuade followers to believe that their country would be restored again. Propaganda is when information deliberately spread to help or harm a person, group, or institution. This allows people to be pursued by the leaders and gives the leaders the advantages. In document C, poster created by the Nazi government in 1938, encourages Germans to vote for the annexation of Austria. In the poster you can see that their is hands in air showing that Germany is always united. In this poster, you can see that at the top there are some letters, these letter in English means United Germany. At the bottom the word “Ja!” means YES!. This means that the people are proud of their country. In document B, a speech by

Propaganda is about power and persuasion, and is used for many reasons by the government. This essay will explore the overt means by which the government uses systematic propagation to control the citizens of the society and the subtle ways in which information, independent thought, and their freedoms are restricted through radio and television.

It is said that people fear what they don’t understand. The unknown has always inspired anxiety in us as a species. Feelings such as that are to be expected, even healthy, to have. If we had no fear, it is quite unlikely humans would have survived until now. Self-preservation is paramount to survival; yet, in the era in which we live it is often used against us. Fear mongering is a device used by advertisers, media, and politicians. Russia’s government is a perfect example, as mentioned in Maia Szalavitz’s essay, of how fear can blind one to long-term damage while concentrating on instantaneous threats. Governments such as Russia’s use so called politics of fear as a weapon to maintain control over their people by repressing or removing those who oppose them; this is exceptionally evident in the assassination of Putin critic, Boris Nemtsov (Gel’man 8).

Many countries believe that propaganda helps to institute a necessary level of patriotism in their citizens. Most authoritarian governments, the type of government that Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell illustrates, use propaganda. However, the use of propaganda also limits the freedom of people since propaganda can control thought and speech. Propaganda can influence people to believe that their country is the best country by either exaggerating the positive events that are happening in their country or by showing negative events that are happening in other countries. Nineteen Eighty-Four is more about the dangers of the government controlling people’s thoughts by propaganda than the dangers of an authoritarian government system.

George Orwell’s, 1984, features a futuristic dystopia known as Oceania. The story is cast through the main character, Winston Smith. Winston is employed as a records editor at the ministry of truth, living a depressed life with no clear hopes or dreams. The government of Oceania is a totalitarianism whose goal is to conquer the entirety of the earth and remove all independent thought. These goals were being achieved through mass manipulation using various tactics. The party created a new, reduced langauge, altered history, fought decade long wars, and used specific wording to manipulation the population. Orwell wrote this story as he saw these harmful acts being performed by his own English government. As a warning to those unaware, 1984

In Oceania, rumors, myths, ideas and false information controls the minds of the citizens. The Party uses propaganda as a powerful weapon against the citizens. There are many types of propaganda used. Propaganda is brainwash. The citizens of Oceania are brainwashed to think that the Party is really there to help them, to make them happy. “WAR IS PEACE. FREEDOM IS SLAVERY. IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH.” and “Big Brother is Watching You” are examples of doublethink. These uses of propaganda prevent rebellion of the citizens of Oceania because they believe that this society is the ideal society. They believe they are protected, and that they could not be happier. Propaganda is the Party’s

What if every move made or action taken was watched on a screen? In the story 1984 written by George Orwell has a theme given by the over aching government. The conflict of this novel comes from the oppression and controlling ways of the government. The protagonist of this story named Winston had troubles wrapping his head around their conniving ways, and yet though illegal had a quite complicated yet interesting relationship with a lady named Julia. Not that everyone else disagreed with Winston, but most of the people who live in his society have been brainwashed through the use of propaganda. One symbol that deemed surprising was the fact that Winston did have his own opinion in life and used this as way to protrude it. If a woman would have

Both these countries have had a secret police to keep people in line by use of force. However, these days manipulation does not take the use of force, but use of emotional and social standards to manipulate the way we choose to interact with others. The use of social media is a modern day soma. The newest generation uses social media as “a holiday from the facts” and it is always there to “calm your anger, to reconcile you to your enemies, to make you patient and long-suffering.” (Huxley A. Pg. 237). Social media, giving us a false perception of own lives and other’s, manipulates us in the sense that we are forced to put on a mask in order to conform with the norms of society.

In any nation, the government's control of the nation's news and media is a major topic of discussion. Nations, whether they are monarchies, dictators, or democrats, can all monitor what is being communicated through the media. The more governments attempt to control television, internet, and news radio, the more society becomes unclear of the ruling government’s point of view, and the truth then becomes hidden. There are some governments who implement harsh punishments to individuals who express opinions contrary to the government’s ideology. In George Orwell’s 1984, the author illustrates what he thought the world would be.

Social media today is a very free place. We are allowed to post whatever we like and comment on whomever’s picture. However, social media can be a very dark place too, because of this freedom. Hate across the world can be seen, different accounts are made only for bringing down others, and the arguments of the small things are formed every single day. Although these problems are seen on social media they are not related to the topic I am concerned about. I want to discuss all of the hidden powers social media websites like Twitter and Facebook have along with the idea that our government should have those powers.

We live in a world of technological innovation where mass media is a major part of us today. People make assumptions on what they hear. They do not try to analyze the situation to see who is right and who is wrong, and mass media is the main source of manipulating one's mind. The concept of propaganda has changed over time. Propagandists create ideas stereotypically through the use of propaganda and use media to promote it and target people's minds to have influence on their views towards a certain group of people. These ideas create negative or positive images in the intended audience's minds. However, it is notable that the information is only the one that is exemplified through media and therefore, can be

In our propaganda project we incorporated many effective techniques. Two of which are testimonial and loaded or emotional words. We had a celebrity endorsement from the great and powerful Mrs. Chen. We used specific wording and phrases to inflict fear upon the readers. These types of propaganda have proven to be effective in the past. Celebrity testimonials usually appeal to younger audiences, while fear and disgust can be effective for people of all ages. Mrs. Chen said, “Eyes are said to be the key to your soul...who wants someone looking in your soul?” This should confuse people just enough so that it makes some sense. For the fear aspect of our propaganda, we say that eye-contact is impolite, can spread disease, can worsen your eyesight,

Since the 2016 United States presidential election, tensions and suspicions have been running high, domestically and globally. One headline in particular has become a permanent fixture in the media: foreign interference, specifically Russian, in the presidential election. Since the conclusion of the election, seventeen intelligence agencies of the US government have stated with confidence that they believe Russian interference took place (Montanaro 2017). This alleged interference took the form of “hacking” into computer systems, coordinated propaganda dispersal, and incriminating e-mail “leaks” (Calabresi 2017). This is a direct threat to the system of democracy in the US in several ways. Firstly, foreign interference threatens

“A lie told once remains a lie but a lie told a thousand times becomes the truth” – Joseph Goebbels, German Reich Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda. This is the exact words of Nazis most famous propagandist in using media as a mass weapon of propaganda and mind control. Could you imagine Germany in 1930s, without Television channel, without the Internet, without every mobile device in your palm, what channel of information will you get? Of course, newspapers, flies, images, celebrities were used as tools for propaganda purposes, designed to provoke a reaction, and ultimately, a form of control over their citizen. Nowadays, with all the advanced of technologies, information can reach everyone in every corner of the Earth, the message is delivered in the subtlest ways, without people’s conscious, has shaped everyone’s decision, or at least shape their behavior toward the decision that the orchestrator want the audience to perceive. With the booming of internet, information sharing seamlessly, we must ask ourselves, the role of media in conveying, shaping the society that we are living in. Let look at few examples of U.S propaganda machine, and later, the particular case of fish sauce in Viet Nam back in October 2016.

Beyond these minimal efforts address the inherent challenges, though, Putin is focused on publicly blaming the West for the problems faced by his people and, in doing so, is working to consolidate Russian society around the “common enemy” of the West. This propaganda is especially evident in Russian media that penetrates cities and towns on the Russian border.