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Hitler?s Rise to Power and the Media Wars, 2002.
A paper which examines the similarities between Hitler's use of propaganda to maintain his power and current product marketing campaigns.
3,679 words (approx. 14.7 pages), 12 sources, APA, $ 102.95
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This paper shows that while some call Hitler?s pamphlets, radio programs and book ?propaganda,? to Hitler they were just good ?marketing.? Hitler constantly used his ?propaganda machine? to tear down the credibility and as defense to negative propaganda being distributed by his sworn enemy, the United States. The paper examines how Hitler used many forms of media to distribute his messages to the masses, including dropping pamphlets from the Hindenburg, one of Nazi Germany?s finest shows of strength and power. This paper compares Hitler's use of this form of propaganda to the the way in which advertizing companies and other forms of media promote products and images, concluding that both are effective forms of brainwashing.
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"This ?Propaganda War? grew to epic proportions that would make the best Superbowl advertisers of today proud. Both sides sent a barrage of pamphlets, books, and radio broadcasts, posters and many more creative mediums in an attempt to break the public?s confidence in the other side. When the United States launched their own propaganda war, Hitler tried to use this against them also in a ?look what the meanies are trying to do us? type of idea. He tried to use the United States media campaign to gain credibility for this own cause. The media campaigns used by both sides were impressive."
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National Socialist Propaganda: Role and Nature, 2007.
An examination of the role and nature of Nazi propaganda.
1,008 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 35.95
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This paper examines the outlook and the function of the propaganda of the Nazi regime. It explains that the propaganda came in the form of movies, radio, newspaper articles and advertisements, mass rallies and books and infiltrated all aspects of German life. The paper looks at how the Nazi propaganda's saturation of German life and the very nature in which propaganda should be used, set out by Hitler and Reichsminister Dr. Joseph Goebbels, were essential to the regime's popularity, the obedience of its people and the building of its psychological and physical strength and population numbers. The paper also notes that propaganda continued to be used by the National Socialists as a manipulator of the people even after they had gained power and that the focus shifted from politics to the demonization of the Jews and the mentally ill, and to the promotion of the Volksgemeinschaft. The paper further discusses how poster art was one of many suitable mediums for conveying these messages. In conclusion the paper shows that National Socialist propaganda takes its place in history as one of the most powerful and successful operations the world has ever known; a programme that indoctrinated a nation and seduced it into pursuing an ideological fantasy, which eventually resulted in catastrophe.
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"One such example of Nazi poster propaganda is the announcement of the "Third Reich's Day of the Farmer of 1935". The farmer, who had always held a place of high esteem in Nazi ideology, is portrayed as a strong, tall, idealised Aryan. He stands upright with his sleeves rolled up as if ready to work or take on some tremendous task. He appears brave, strong and physically idealised and a perfect example of a good German and Aryan man. The National Socialists had recognised that the farmer was the "fount of national health and future German greatness", and with this poster the Propaganda Ministry aims to create awareness of the value of the farmer and his physical and "Volkish" qualities in that he is putting the concern for the greater Volk above himself by farming. Not only is the poster a piece of propaganda, but the event that it advertises is also a propaganda act, held to "strengthen National Socialist values"."
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Hitler's Rise to Power, 2007.
This paper examines the rise to power by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party in Germany.
2,265 words (approx. 9.1 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 70.95
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This paper examines Hitler's rise to power from his failed Beer Hall Putsch in 1923 through the beginning of World War Two. The paper examines the political and social structures that made this possible and discusses how a madman inspires millions to commit atrocities beyond the imagination. The paper also looks at how a convicted traitor transitions into the most powerful person in a nation and then explains that, through propaganda, Hitler was able to manipulate a war weary German people into supporting his efforts. The writer notes that those who opposed him disappeared and maintains that by instilling loyalty to the state through fear and patriotic propaganda, Hitler was able to achieve a position of power that allowed him to commit atrocities.
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"Over six million Jews perished during Hitler's reign. Millions more were displaced. Atrocities that defy ones belief in humanity became commonplace. Many people question how a madman, such as Adolf Hitler, was able to take power, why millions were drawn to him, and how the world looked on as the Nazi Party swept into power. Against significant odds, Adolf Hitler went from a convicted traitor to leader of a nation; a man whose actions would leave an indelible mark on history for all time. Adolf Hitler's rise to power defies the powers of logic for many people today. How is it possible that a man was capable of inspiring so many atrocities? The answer lies in a combination of world events, political intrigue, and clever moves designed to strip German citizens of their liberties and remove opposition. It is possible to trace the Nazification of Germany through an analysis of the 1930s."
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Propaganda vs. Art, 2004.
Addresses the questions in the debate about propaganda vs. art of whether the artist can be separated from the art he or she produces and to what extent the artist is complicit in the use of their artwork for propaganda purposes.
2,458 words (approx. 9.8 pages), 19 sources, MLA, $ 74.95
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This paper argues that, while separating the art from the artist in an analysis of his work is generally a healthy practice, we should question to what extent we should make this separation and why some artists are allowed more leeway than others. The paper also attempts to answer the question, concerning propaganda versus art, about how much we can hold the artist responsible for the use and application of his art for other, possibly nefarious, purposes. The author of the paper argues that the answer lies in intentionality through an understanding of the intent of the artist in the production of the work of art. The paper uses artist Leni Riefenstahl and her work to illustrate the complexity and importance of addressing these questions.
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"In debating the difference between art and propaganda one may enter into a minefield of contentious terms and complex ethical issues. The central concern that will be the focus of this paper is the intentionality of art in determining whether it is propaganda or art. If an artist is aware of and complicit in the manufacture and production of art for a specific political agenda, especially one that has been universally condemned, then he or she may be seen to be a propagandist rather than an artist. It is this qualitative and intrinsic difference in the artist and not in the use made of the art that is the central concern. Therefore, the criteria that will be used to ascertain the difference between art and propaganda is the underlying intention of the artist."
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American Propaganda during World War II, 2005.
A discussion of American propaganda policies during World War II, in particular against Nazi Germany.
2,935 words (approx. 11.7 pages), 8 sources, APA, $ 86.95
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This paper explores the tactics and tribulations that American propaganda employed and faced during World War II against the Nazis. Comparisons are given at the beginning of the paper with just how effective the Nazi propaganda machine was in destroying a nation's morale before military action and how this clearly weighed on the minds of American political leaders at the time. Quotes and excerpts are given throughout the paper from declassified documents from the OSS and OWI, all lending credence to the idea that America's first priority in terms of propaganda was eliminating the concept of an all-powerful Nazi state. The latter half of the paper gives specific examples and discusses them all in great detail. American film, radio broadcasts, posters, cartoons, and magazine ads are all examined and given as proof of how American propaganda sought to dehumanize and discredit the Nazi regime in order to strengthen the will to fight the Nazis. The concept of morality is heavily discussed, with many propaganda examples containing an idea of American superiority over Germany.
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"When Adolf Hitler declared war on the United States on December 11th, 1941 after the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese, America was confronted with the prospect of fighting a war in both Europe and Asia. A stream of propaganda against the United States followed the declaration of war from Nazi Germany, and America responded throughout the war with equally strong propaganda that could be found in a variety of mediums. From the traditional war posters, the more modern idea of magazine ads and the growing influence of Hollywood, American propaganda was vital in winning the war against Nazi Germany by strengthening the public's resolve at home and weakening the Nazis psychological grip over Europe."
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Propaganda in Britain and Germany 1930-45, 2004.
Discusses the effects of mass persuasion on British and German society prior and during the Second World War.
2,680 words (approx. 10.7 pages), 10 sources, APA, $ 80.95
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This paper discusses the use of propaganda before and during WWII and its effects on British and German society. It first notes that differences in the countries' war aims had a great effect upon the success and content of propaganda. It then examines how propaganda affected morale. The paper describes how hatred and violence were successful parts of the German, but not British, propaganda campaign. The paper examines the effect of spectacle, speeches, the press, the cinema, and the wireless. It describes the connection between propaganda and egalitarianism and shows how propaganda saturated every aspect of civilian life. Finally, the paper discusses the overall success of British propaganda and the failure of German propaganda.
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"Britain produced propaganda to incite hatred of Germans, but in May 1941 the Policy Committee of the Ministry of Morale had to formally propose an anger campaign because the British people lacked personal anger towards the Germans. This campaign was implemented on a small scale and did not significantly alter British attitudes. The Germans, however, were persuaded to hate the British from the first (largely because of residual anger of the Treaty of Versailles), though it took time to make them hate the Jews."
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Propaganda, 2002.
A discussion of the use of propaganda for the state and the individual.
565 words (approx. 2.3 pages), 0 sources, $ 20.95
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The purpose of propaganda is to persuade a large group of people that certain beliefs are the best or most correct ones. This paper discusses how during times of difficulty for any country, propaganda can play an important role for both the state and the individual. It shows how the purpose of propaganda is to manipulate and gives examples of how at times of war such as World War II, propaganda had women persuaded to work for the war effort and how propaganda taught civilians how to use gas masks.
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"More ominous propaganda in the United States justified the internment of Japanese Americans, many of whom had been born on American soil or had acquired American citizenship, for no other reason than their race and the fact that we were now at war with Japan. Propaganda promoted the concern about sabotage, especially on the West coast where most Japanese lived. These citizens were held in armed camps for the duration of the war, with propaganda making it palatable for a freedom-loving country."
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PR and Propaganda, 2005.
Argues that public relations is propaganda.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 39.95
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Using Frank Capra's "Why We Fight - Prelude to War" as an example and Edward Bernays seminal work on public relations and propaganda "Propaganda," this essay argues that public relations is propaganda.
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"The Frank Capra film "Why We Fight Prelude to War" divides the world in two sides - one good and one evil. The good side is the U S and its allies what are called free peoples versus the evil side represented by dictatorships in Germany Italy and Japan known as the slave peoples. In Capra's film generally considered to be the best piece of cinema propaganda ..."
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Propaganda Used During WWI, 2008.
This paper discusses how and why propaganda was used more during World War I than in any earlier war.
2,545 words (approx. 10.2 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 77.95
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In this article, the writer discusses that propaganda was used more during WWI than in any other war that had preceded it. The writer looks at the reasons for this and explains that due to globalization, propaganda was needed to tell the common person exactly who the country was fighting, and why, because without clear cut reminders, it could get very confusing. The writer then looks at different forms of propaganda used due to technological advances. The writer concludes that propaganda is an effective media tool used by governments to influence their people in a way that they, as one person or a group of people, cannot.
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"The second reason that there was more propaganda than in previous wars was the fact that this war was far more brutal than any others that had gone before it. The new technology used in this war guaranteed a much higher loss of life, from deadly mustard gas that could kill from a distance and had an extremely high fatality rate, to the new vehicles being used for the first time, such as tanks and cars, also with very high mortality rates., Also increasing the brutality in this war was the new concept of trench warfare, which contributed greatly to many new diseases such as trench foot, that killed soldiers in alarmingly high numbers. Because of the large amount of brutality in this war, propaganda was essential to the home front. Propaganda was used to belay the concerns of those left at home, and to help keep them optimistic and patriotic towards the war effort."
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Propaganda, 2006.
A review of propaganda and the definitions thereof.
977 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 34.95
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This paper takes a look at propaganda. The paper supplies various definitions of propaganda and discusses how, historically, propaganda had been seen to be a negative and heavy-handed way of promoting one's ideologies due to undue influences. According to the paper, this view of propaganda no longer holds true of today.
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"By stating the "...some fear is capable of hitting the western United States... (McIntyre, 2006)" an assumption was made again without basis in fact as to who are really afraid of the missiles hitting the United States. Even pointing to the fact that, "It spun out of control seconds after it was launched and the North Koreans never had operational control of the missile" suggested that the North Koreans did not have the proper missile technology - but what were the basis for these statements? If the truth needed to be told, the U.S. government could have shown actual missile launch footages and the failure of some or all of the launched missiles. By doing it this way, statements made by government bureaucrats would coincide with the truth and not just "half-truths or un-truths!"
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Propaganda, 2002.
A discussion of propaganda and social issues.
558 words (approx. 2.2 pages), 0 sources, $ 20.95
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This paper shows how a country as a whole can be influenced by government propaganda. It evaluates how propaganda can be a powerful tool to guide the citizens toward cooperation on government policies that focus on national rather than individual need by examples such as the issues of censorship and birth control in Communist China.
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"Communist China may be one of the best examples of a culture situated within a political entity ripe for the use of propaganda. The People?s Republic of China does not afford its citizens freedom of speech, freedom of association, or freedom of the press. The government has final censorship rights over all forms of communication including all of the arts. The great majority of Chinese citizens do not have access to the Internet. Thus, the Chinese government is able to control, nearly completely, what the citizens of their country hear."
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Censorship, Propaganda and Globalization, 2008.
This paper presents the thesis that media conglomerates and oil corporations use deliberate strategies of censorship, propaganda and globalization to discredit the effectiveness of government.
1,552 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 14 sources, MLA, $ 50.95
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The paper contends that large corporations utilize strategies of censorship, propaganda and globalization that alienates the populace and destroys people's faith in being governed. The paper explains that this is in order to restructure a supra-capitalist, technocratic society. The paper shows the difference between censorship and propaganda and discusses how globalization can cause a level of propaganda that leads people to believe that censorship is what they want and need.
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"What is the difference between censorship and propaganda? "Intelligent men must realize that propaganda is the modern instrument by which they can fight for productive ends and help to bring order out of chaos" (Bernays 168) . Censorship is the "suppression of information, whether purposeful or not, by any method--including bias, omission, underreporting or censorship--that prevents the public from understanding what is happening in society" (Jensen 419) . Webster is more to the point. A censor is one "who reads communications and deletes forbidden material" (Webster 135) . Since there are many different kinds of information or knowledge in society that need to be forbidden because they are harmful to certain groups (i.e., the use of drugs, pornography, assault weapons), what rationale legitimizes suppressed information as forbidden and therefore potentially harmful? The rationale is "to bring order out of chaos" by the instrument of propaganda: "the conscious and intelligent manipulation of the masses" (Bernays 37)."
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Propaganda, Truth, and Critical Thinking, 2006.
A critical look at propaganda in advertising and the media.
2,977 words (approx. 11.9 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 87.95
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The paper defines propaganda and discusses how advertising and media reports use propaganda to sell products or create sensationalism. The paper looks at advertising, and describes how effective copy needs to influence people using one of the five great motivators - fear, exclusivity, guilt, greed, and the need for approval. The writer further discusses how critical thinking is important because it can be used to identify the tools that advertisers are using and determine the truth behind the propaganda. The paper concludes with an examination of the news media and how the media is interpreting events and creating meaning, not the individuals watching or reading the news report.
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"This persuasiveness is the reason it should be assessed to determine what the truth is. Another reason that advertising should be considered critically is that it often works by appealing directly to the emotions. Pratkanis & Aronson (1991, p. 93) describe how this occurs through the "manipulation of symbols and of our most basic human emotions." A textbook on how to create effective advertising copy provides further insight on the topic."
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Success of Nazi Propaganda, 2008.
This paper discusses why the Nazi party was so successful in using propaganda to attract the support of Germans.
1,367 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 45.95
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This essay examines the success of Nazi propaganda and argues that this shocking reality can be explained by four factors that came together to make a deadly poisonous brew. First, the writer notes that the fact that the Germans were so defeated in every sense in the 1930s laid the foundation. Secondly, the writer points out that there was the modern technology for mass communication which the Nazis used to spread their propaganda. Third, there was the Nazi's unusually skillful use of this technology. Finally, the writer notes that there was the German peoples' philosophy or psyche, which made them vulnerable to the Nazis. The writer concludes that these four factors combined to make it possible for the Nazi party's propaganda machine to win over the Germans.
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"The first thing to consider is the state of Germany at the time of the Nazi ascent, in the early 1930s. Germany had been the aggressor in the First World War, and after its defeat the victorious nations had punished it, and also attempted to subdue it, by bringing it to its knees militarily and financially. The harshly punitive terms of the Treaty of Versailles made German economic recovery impossible, and sowed the seeds of anger and resentment that would make the Germans a vulnerable target for Nazi propaganda. The economic woes of the Weimar republic were compounded by the effects of the Great Depression. This began in 1929 and affected many European nations, resulting in the rise of several totalitarian movements. Of these, the Nazi party had the easiest task in winning over converts, due to the vulnerability of the Germans. With their backs up against the wall, unable to make a living, many Germans were easy targets for a charismatic leader who promised to save them from their overwhelming woes."
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Propaganda, Advertising and Competition, 2008.
The paper analyzes the differences between propaganda and advertising in a capitalistic society.
3,911 words (approx. 15.6 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 106.95
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This paper discusses the similarities and differences between propaganda and advertising. It presents two contrasting models and many examples to show these similarities and differences. The paper concludes by claiming that although propaganda is different from advertising, advertising is not different from propaganda.
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Model or Paradigm Case
Contrary or Opposite Case
Borderline Case
Related Concept
Invented or Imaginary Case
Social Context
Practical Results
Results in Language
Interior Dialogue
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"Does propaganda depend on one's intent? To what extent is an aim of merely making people aware of something separate from other aims such as trying to get them to change their behavior, or their attitudes? This is a good related concept, because it shares features of advertising and some of the tools of propaganda, but can be done without any intent to change people. It changes the absolute nature of the concepts, and makes on question whether awareness isn't, in itself, a changed state of being--that could possibly change one's perceptions or future behavior, regardless of the intent of the publicist or PR professional's intention."
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