Topic: Propaganda
Aim: Introduce students to the history of propaganda, identify current uses of propaganda in the media
In the modern era, where the tactics adopted to spread propagandistic messages have grown more and more refined, subtle, and persuasive, the minute we stop observing with a critical eye, we have already been persuaded. Those who are the most exposed to this phenomenon are the younger ones, thus we identified the necessity to design training materials that can address the problem and hopefully enhance the critical thought and independent judgement of students.
Most of the time, and this is valid for the youth as well as, sadly, for the grown-ups, we do not have time to sort through the information presented to us so that we may derive our own solution. Therefore, more often that we can imagine, we let ourselves fall prey to propaganda.
Competences: Develop a critical approach to messages coming from the media, either in form of news, information campaigns or advertisement
Learning outcomes: Students will demonstrate the ability to:
- develop an awareness of how propaganda is used in everyday society
- develop an understanding of the easy in which propaganda is used to misinform, anger and incite people to hatred or xenophobia
- learn to adopt a skeptical approach to truth claims made by propaganda
Age range: 14-18
Resources: Question list applicable to all three types of examples listed (see below)
- Further examples of propaganda taken from different European countries (see Annexes)
- See Links to videos for further examples of propaganda in politics made through the endorsement of celebrities:
Joss Whedon “Save The Day – Vote” political TV commercial campaign broke new ground in the use of A-List and B-List celebrities in politics, from Robert Downey Jr. to Scarlett Johansson.
Patrick Stewart’s satirical take on the classic Monty Python sketch asks ‘what has the European Convention on Human Rights ever done for us?’ Apart from the right to a fair trial, freedom from slavery, freedom from torture …
Tools:
TinEye Reverse Image Search
PROPAGANDA TECHNIQUES TO RECOGNIZE
http://www.uvm.edu/~jleonard/AGRI183/propoaganda.html
Topic: Propaganda
Aim: Introduce students to the history of propaganda, identify current uses of propaganda in the media
In the modern era, where the tactics adopted to spread propagandistic messages have grown more and more refined, subtle, and persuasive, the minute we stop observing with a critical eye, we have already been persuaded. Those who are the most exposed to this phenomenon are the younger ones, thus we identified the necessity to design training materials that can address the problem and hopefully enhance the critical thought and independent judgement of students.
Most of the time, and this is valid for the youth as well as, sadly, for the grown-ups, we do not have time to sort through the information presented to us so that we may derive our own solution. Therefore, more often that we can imagine, we let ourselves fall prey to propaganda.
Competences: Develop a critical approach to messages coming from the media, either in form of news, information campaigns or advertisement
Learning outcomes: Students will demonstrate the ability to:
- develop an awareness of how propaganda is used in everyday society
- develop an understanding of the easy in which propaganda is used to misinform, anger and incite people to hatred or xenophobia
- learn to adopt a skeptical approach to truth claims made by propaganda
Age range: 14-18
Resources: Question list applicable to all three types of examples listed (see below)
- Further examples of propaganda taken from different European countries (see Annexes)
- See Links to videos for further examples of propaganda in politics made through the endorsement of celebrities:
Joss Whedon “Save The Day – Vote” political TV commercial campaign broke new ground in the use of A-List and B-List celebrities in politics, from Robert Downey Jr. to Scarlett Johansson.
Patrick Stewart’s satirical take on the classic Monty Python sketch asks ‘what has the European Convention on Human Rights ever done for us?’ Apart from the right to a fair trial, freedom from slavery, freedom from torture …
Tools:
TinEye Reverse Image Search
PROPAGANDA TECHNIQUES TO RECOGNIZE
http://www.uvm.edu/~jleonard/AGRI183/propoaganda.html
Topic: Propaganda
Aim: Introduce students to the history of propaganda, identify current uses of propaganda in the media
In the modern era, where the tactics adopted to spread propagandistic messages have grown more and more refined, subtle, and persuasive, the minute we stop observing with a critical eye, we have already been persuaded. Those who are the most exposed to this phenomenon are the younger ones, thus we identified the necessity to design training materials that can address the problem and hopefully enhance the critical thought and independent judgement of students.
Most of the time, and this is valid for the youth as well as, sadly, for the grown-ups, we do not have time to sort through the information presented to us so that we may derive our own solution. Therefore, more often that we can imagine, we let ourselves fall prey to propaganda.
Competences: Develop a critical approach to messages coming from the media, either in form of news, information campaigns or advertisement
Learning outcomes: Students will demonstrate the ability to:
- develop an awareness of how propaganda is used in everyday society
- develop an understanding of the easy in which propaganda is used to misinform, anger and incite people to hatred or xenophobia
- learn to adopt a skeptical approach to truth claims made by propaganda
Age range: 14-18
Resources: Question list applicable to all three types of examples listed (see below)
- Further examples of propaganda taken from different European countries (see Annexes)
- See Links to videos for further examples of propaganda in politics made through the endorsement of celebrities:
Joss Whedon “Save The Day – Vote” political TV commercial campaign broke new ground in the use of A-List and B-List celebrities in politics, from Robert Downey Jr. to Scarlett Johansson.
Patrick Stewart’s satirical take on the classic Monty Python sketch asks ‘what has the European Convention on Human Rights ever done for us?’ Apart from the right to a fair trial, freedom from slavery, freedom from torture …
Tools:
TinEye Reverse Image Search
PROPAGANDA TECHNIQUES TO RECOGNIZE
http://www.uvm.edu/~jleonard/AGRI183/propoaganda.html
