Defining Propaganda
Propaganda that comes from a source that is identified correctly and contains information that is generally accurate
What is white propaganda?
What is propaganda?
This ruler created an empire that stretched from Europe to India. To safeguard the allegiance of the peoples he conquered, he allowed them to keep their native religions but encouraged them all to see themselves as Greeks and adopt the ways of Greek culture
Who was Alexander the Great?
This religious leader launched the first crusade by giving an emotionally charged sermon before a large crowd and calling the knights of Europe to battle the Muslims of the Holy Land with the promise of forgiveness of sins and wealth from plundering enemy lands
Who was Pope Urban II?
This journalist is regarded among historians as the primary architect of anti-British propaganda in the American colonies leading up to the Revolution
Who is Samuel Adams?
What propaganda ultimately aims to achieve from the audience, according to Jowett & O'Donnell's definition
What is a response that furthers the desired intent of the propagandist?
Form of communication usually defined as a process of influencing others, in which a source attempts to convince an audience to adopt voluntarily a point of view or a desired behavior
What is persuasion?
This ruler spread rumors about himself to inspire awe and terror among the people of his land, held expensive gladiatorial games for public entertainment, and wrote his own autobiography to help him in his rise to power
Who was Julius Caesar?
In his writings and sermons, this religious leader criticized the Catholic Church by attacking church practices such as indulgences, the buying and selling of church offices, and the lavish and corrupt lifestyle of the popes and helped to fuel the Reformation Movement
Who was Martin Luther?
Paul Revere created an engraving for a political cartoon that portrayed what event in a greatly exaggerated manner that heightened perceptions of British tyranny
What is the Boston Massacre?
Propaganda that attempts to rouse an audience to certain ends usually resulting in a significant change
What is agitative propaganda?
Form of communication that occurs when a source attempts to promote mutual understanding of a topic by sharing ideas, explaining, and instructing an audience
What is informative communication?
This Mesopotamian ruler was known for the creation of a code of laws that included the famous formula "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth," which he wrote on stone pillars that he placed around his empire with the image of him receiving these laws from a god
Who was Hammurabi?
The development of this technology in the 16th Century allowed for a dramatic increase in the speed and consistency with which Christian propaganda during pre-modern times could spread and contributed directly to the widespread availability of a German-language Bible
What was the printing press?
This animal was depicted in a popular political cartoon as being cut into pieces, each labeled with the name of one of the colonies, along with the slogan "Join, or Die"
What is a snake?
This occurs when the propagandist tries to build a frame of mind in the audience towards accepting an unfamiliar doctrine, usually over a long period of time
What is subpropaganda?
This form of communication involves techniques such as concealing one's purpose, controlling the flow of information, and managing public opinion so that it favors one's goals
What is propaganda?
This pharaoh created a temple lined with four colossal statues of himself and a relief carving depicting himself offering the incarnation of justice to the hawk-headed god Horus
Who was Ramses II?
This system of propaganda in pre-modern Christian society consisted of stories about heroic personages that idealized knighthood, war, and combat, which wandering minstrels and poets would spread
What is chivalry?
This medium emerged as the major vehicle for the dissemination of propagandistic information during the American Revolution, owing largely to the increase in literacy among common folk prior to that time
What are newspapers?
This model explains disinformation that occurs when a source makes its message appear as though it is coming from another source rather than from itself
Form of communication that strives involves sharing all information relevant to a topic, building unity with the audience, and collaborating fully and equally with them in investigating what is true
What is dialogue?
This ruler created stone pillars called stele, which he placed around his empire. Atop one of these stele, he had sculptors depict an image of him and his armies trampling his enemies, while the sun and moon gods both shined above him in favor.
Who was Naram-Sin?
Through this method, Christianity spread during its earliest years: small groups of believers forming the dedicated core of a local church spread the message to others in other locations who formed new groups, whose members then repeated this process in yet other locations, over and over again.
What is cellular proselytizing?
This diplomat to Great Britain and author of numerous written works, including his collection of maxims and sayings called Poor Richard's Almanacs, emerged as a cult icon among American colonists, such that his portrait was placed on many popular culture objects in the years leading up to the Revolution
Who was Benjamin Franklin?