Propaganda

Whether you consider it good or bad, propaganda is implemented by
governments, the media and advertisers in order to create a psychological world of
need and uncertainty. By doing so, they persuade the public to buy their ideas or
products. What are the ethical issues the use of propaganda present?
Are there groups in society that need to be protected from the negative use of
propaganda by these groups?
What are some strategies that you would implement to protect these groups?
our answer is to be 2-4 (500-1000 words) typed pages. Grading will be done with the
following rubric:
A – Paper is of superior quality. Writing is reflective of college expectation, free
of any grammatical and/or typographical errors. Student will incorporate their insights
with resources presented in class as well as strong additional research is a succinct
manner to present a unique aspect of the issue addressed. REFERENCE PAGE IS ALSO NEEDED.

PLEASE USE THE MATERIAL GIVEN IN ADDITIONAL MATERIALS, AS WELL AS THE LINKS PROVIDED BELOW TO BE REFERENCED IN THE ESSAY.

Propaganda

Order Description

Please use references below:

Topic: Leni Riefenstahl’s ‘Triumph of the Will’
Leni Riefenstahl’s 1935 documentary, Triumph of the Will, depicts a 1934 Nazi rally at Nuremberg, and is arguably the best-known propaganda film of the 20th century. This exam question is a case study that investigates her work as Hitler’s propagandist.

Watch the film and analyze it around the following questions:

1) How is Triumph of the Will representative of what Ellul tells us about what propaganda is and how it works?

2) How is Triumph of the Will representative, in its features, of what Sontag (1975) tells us about the “fascist aesthetic” and how it works?

3) What lessons can we draw from Postman’s article about democracy and media that might help us avoid propaganda and critique the fascist aesthetic?

References

Postman, Neil (1999). Chapter 8, Democracy. In Building a Bridge to the Eighteenth Century: Ideas from the Past That Can Improve Our Future, (pp. 136-154). New York: Alfred A. Knopf.

Ellul, Jacques (1957). Information and Propaganda. Diogenes, 5(18), 61-77.
Sontag, Susan (1975). Fascinating

Fascism. The New York Review of Books. No page numbers.

Propaganda

Order Description

Please use references below:

Topic: Leni Riefenstahl’s ‘Triumph of the Will’
Leni Riefenstahl’s 1935 documentary, Triumph of the Will, depicts a 1934 Nazi rally at Nuremberg, and is arguably the best-known propaganda film of the 20th century. This exam question is a case study that investigates her work as Hitler’s propagandist.

Watch the film and analyze it around the following questions:

1) How is Triumph of the Will representative of what Ellul tells us about what propaganda is and how it works?

2) How is Triumph of the Will representative, in its features, of what Sontag (1975) tells us about the “fascist aesthetic” and how it works?

3) What lessons can we draw from Postman’s article about democracy and media that might help us avoid propaganda and critique the fascist aesthetic?

References

Postman, Neil (1999). Chapter 8, Democracy. In Building a Bridge to the Eighteenth Century: Ideas from the Past That Can Improve Our Future, (pp. 136-154). New York: Alfred A. Knopf.

Ellul, Jacques (1957). Information and Propaganda. Diogenes, 5(18), 61-77.
Sontag, Susan (1975). Fascinating

Fascism. The New York Review of Books. No page numbers.