Consider your role as a consumer of media, including propaganda. What propaganda techniques have you seen or heard recently? Recall TV ads, political ads, movies, and news reports in both print and television.

Consider a recent global event and how it was portrayed in media. (i.e. Hurricane Katrina, the Haiti earthquake, the BP oil spill, etc.)Explain why it was not simply information, but a technique of propaganda. Be certain to use all three major sociological theories functionalism, conflict theory, and interactionism in your analysis.

Which do you think provides the best explanation of propaganda? Why?