communist propaganda presentation
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this is just my opinion and findings. it was for an in-class presentation. no intention of offending anyone.TRANSCRIPT
Communist
Propaganda
Siir Tecirlioglu
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1984
George Orwell
The Presentation will include:
• communist propaganda • Propaganda in the Soviet Union • Propaganda in the People’s Republic
of China.
Propaganda Techniques
Bandwag
onName-calling
Glittering Generalitie
s
Transfer
Testimoni
al
Plain
Folks
Card Stacking
General Communist Propaganda• propaganda aimed to advance:– the ideology of communism,– communist worldview,– the interests of the communist
movement.
• Definition of the Bolsheviks:“an opposition to bourgeoisie propaganda which is the manipulation of the masses in interests of certain group”
What are the functions of
Communist propaganda?
• Creation of the link of the Communist party with the workers• Incorporation of socialism into worker movements• Unification and organization of national divisions of the
movements of the workers• Expression of public opinion of the workers• Spreading opposition to the bourgeoisie propaganda• Spreading the ideas of a communist state
How does it work?
Use of Marxist ideology
Polarized values
How is la
nguage
used? P
ower of
language usage
Impact on the
audience
People’s Republic of China• The term propaganda is used to refer to the organized
dissemination of information, including ordinary messages to promote the public good.
• Censorship and active cultivation of views that favor the government
• CCP Propaganda Department• Publicity Department of the Communist Party of
China • Mao era• Modern era• Online spin doctors
Mitter, Rana (2003). Nicholas J. Cull, David Colbert, and David Welch. ed. Entry on "China" in Propaganda and Mass Persuasion: A Historical Encyclopedia, 1500 to the Present. ABC-ClIO. pp. 73–77.
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Exam
ples
"The happy life Chairman Mao gave us, 1954 [Poster]," in Children and Youth in History, Item #270, http://chnm.gmu.edu/cyh/primary-sources/270 (accessed November 30, 2011). Annotated by Susan Fernsebner
"“Protect the great results of the Cultural Revolution, 1974” [Poster]," in Children and Youth in History, Item #271, http://chnm.gmu.edu/cyh/primary-sources/271 (accessed November 30, 2011). Annotated by Susan Fernsebner"“Studying for the mother country, 1986” [Poster]," in Children and Youth in History, Item #272, http://chnm.gmu.edu/cyh/primary-sources/272 (accessed November
30, 2011). Annotated by Susan Fernsebner
• Propaganda in the Soviet Union was extensively based on the Marxism-Leninism ideology to promote the Communist Party.
• Glavlit• Children: Red Riding Hood:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaXgeJjeiaA
• Girl No. 217• DuringWorld War II• Themes: new man, class enemy, new
society, peace-loving, extermination, anti-religious, anti-german, anti-fascist, nationalism, against the U.S.Soviet Union
Examples
http://poste
rs.nce
.buttobi.net/b
ig/1217.jp
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http://poste
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.buttobi.net/s
mall/s0527.jp
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Sources• http://posters.nce.buttobi.net/big/1217.jpg • http://posters.nce.buttobi.net/small/s0527.jpg • Anthony Rhodes, Propaganda: The art of persuasion: World War II, p219
1976, Chelsea House Publishers, New York• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worker_and_Kolkhoz_Woman • Richard Overy, The Dictators: Hitler's Germany, Stalin's Russia, p258• "The happy life Chairman Mao gave us, 1954 [Poster]," in Children and
Youth in History, Item #270, http://chnm.gmu.edu/cyh/primary-sources/270 (accessed November 30, 2011). Annotated by Susan Fernsebner
• "“Protect the great results of the Cultural Revolution, 1974” [Poster]," in Children and Youth in History, Item #271, http://chnm.gmu.edu/cyh/primary-sources/271 (accessed November 30, 2011). Annotated by Susan Fernsebner
• "“Studying for the mother country, 1986” [Poster]," in Children and Youth in History, Item #272, http://chnm.gmu.edu/cyh/primary-sources/272 (accessed November 30, 2011). Annotated by Susan Fernsebner
• Mitter, Rana (2003). Nicholas J. Cull, David Colbert, and David Welch. ed. Entry on "China" in Propaganda and Mass Persuasion: A Historical Encyclopedia, 1500 to the Present. ABC-ClIO. pp. 73–77
• http://mason.gmu.edu/~amcdonal/Propaganda%20Techniques.html • http://chnm.gmu.edu/cyh/case-studies/269 _Republic_of_China
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publicity_Department_of_the_Communist_Party_of_China
• http://www.buzzle.com/articles/stalinism-the-use-of-propaganda-by-joseph-stalin.html
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda_in_the_Soviet_Union
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist_propaganda • http://englishrussia.com/2009/07/01/the-greatest-propa
ganda-journal-of-the-ussr/
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda_in_the_People's THANK YOU!