Propaganda
Hooray for Hollywood
Presidents and the Press
Cartoonsish
People and the News
100
Attempts to persuade the target audience to take a course of action, “Everyone else is taking”; “Join the crowd”. This technique reinforces peoples natural desire to be on the winning side.
What is Bandwagon?
100
He starred in the animated film "Der Fuehrer's Face" which won the Academy Award for Best Animated Film of 1943.
Who is Donald Duck?
100
He was a political genius who used media outlets to their greatest advantage. His success success was largely because he made a great deal of news, which made the job of reporters much easier.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
100
Terrorist attacks on this French Magazine were because they had drawn a visual of Mohammed in a cartoon
What is Charlie Hebdo?
100
The Great Communicator
Who was Ronald Reagan?
200
A form of communication that is aimed at influencing the attitude of a community toward some cause or position so as to benefit oneself.
What is propaganda?
200
In this movie, the press is depicted as the only honest body in Washington– the only ones who really know the truth because they do not have to worry about being voted out of office.
What is Mr. Smith Goes to Washington?
200
He asked the press to cooperate with his administration during a major international crisis. They did!
Who was John F. Kennedy?
200
His drawings gave rise to the elephant as the GOP mascot and the donkey as the Democrat mascot.
Who was Thomas Nast?
200
He is credited with the first political cartoon in the United States.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
300
Hired by George C. Marshall to produce the American film series "Why we Fight".
Who is Frank Capra?
300
This film is essentially a tragic picture—or tragic-comic in the classic sense-and it has strongly bitter overtones; overtly political film, bound to stir up controversy.
What is The Great Dictator?
300
The press shows itself to be a willing hostage to the modern demands for a click-worthy story and a tweetable quote. At press conferences, the overwhelming tendency is to ask about the day’s headline or to look for this type of question, instead of addressing long-term accountability issues.
What is the Gotcha question?
300
In the years leading up to World War II, He focused heavily on pushing back against the “America First” movement that opposed America’s involvement in the war.
Who was Theodore Geisel (Dr. Seuss)?
300
In a quote that could be applied to journalist and politician's, he asserted that "of all the talents bestowed upon men, none is so precious as the gift of oratory. He who enjoys it wields a power more durable than that of a great king. He is an independent force in the world."
Who was Winston Churchill?
400
Strategy of showing the product’s best features. Telling half-truths and emitting or lying about it’s potential problems.
What is Card Stacking?
400
This Film shrewdly exposed the effects of the media on the increasingly cynical political process, posing unanswerable questions that have become all the more pressing with every sound bite-ruled election.
What is The Candidate?
400
James Risen of The New York Times, called this administration "the greatest enemy of press freedom that we have encountered in at least a generation."
What was the Obama administration?
400
Richard F. Outcault, in the comic strip Hogan's Alley created this cartoon character who is also famous for its connection to the coining of the term, Yellow Journalism.
What is The Yellow Kid?
400
Using the hypodermic needle theory he just about scared America to death.
Who was Orson Wells?
500
This Committee was created as an independent agency of US government to influence US public opinion regarding American participation in World War I.
What is The Committee on Public Information?
500
This film, produced by Robert Flaherty, was actually a travelogue but is considered the first documentary.
What is Nanook of the North?
500
From the first volley of the campaign up to the recent North Korean Missile launch, President Trump has used the media to keep his name out front and to hang on to his base. This tactic is called ___________________.
What is earned media?
500
They are illustrations designed to express social or political messages.
What is a Political cartoon?
500
As early as 1922 that the “media had the power to present images to the public”. He saw this as agenda setting - the creation of public awareness and concern of salient issues by the news media.
Who is Walter Lippmann?
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