Propaganda

In Stalinist Russia

Propaganda

• Propaganda is a form of communication aimed towards influencing the attitude of a population toward some cause or position.

Influences

• Propaganda is information that is used primarily to influence an audience and further an agenda, often by presenting facts selectively (thus possibly lying by not telling the full truth), or using complex messages to produce an emotional rather than rational response. Propaganda can be used as a form of ideological or commercial warfare.

Modern Day Propaganda

Stalin• Joseph Stalin's regime built the largest fixed-wing aircraft of the 1930s,

Tupolev ANT-20, exclusively for this purpose. • It was equipped with a powerful radio set called "Voice from the sky",

printing and leaflet-dropping machinery, radio stations, photographic laboratory, film projector with sound for showing movies in flight, library, etc.

• The aircraft could be disassembled and transported by railroad if needed. The giant aircraft set a number of world records.

Stalinist Propaganda

Propaganda in Animal Farm

• Manipulation of speech through a character named Squealer, a pig who acted as a spokesperson for Napoleon.

• One example of Squealer’s use of propaganda to gain the animals’ support can be seen in his speech denouncing snowball part in the rebellion after he was banished from the farm.

• Squealer has used propaganda to manipulate the memories of the animals so they would believe that Napoleon is the rightful person to trust and Snowball was actually on the side of the enemy.

7 COMMANDMENTS1. Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy.2. Whatever goes uopn four legs, or has wings, is a friend.3. No animal shall wear clothes.4. No animal shall sleep in a bed.5. No animal shall drink alcohol.6. No animal shall kill any other animal.7. All animals are equal.

CHANGES TO:

Two legs bad, four legs good

THEN TO:

All Animals are EqualBut Some Animals Are More Equal

Than Others

Seven Commandments

• The pigs started to twist the seven commandments, a list of seven rules the animals in animal farm must follow, to their own needs.

• At the start of the revolution, the sixth of the seven commandments read “No animal shall be killed by any other animal” (p15).

• However, in order to reason with the animals after killing those who opposed Napoleon, the rule has been changed to “No animal shall be killed by any other animal without cause” (p 61).

Squealer

• Page 22 - 23. Squealer gives reasons why the pigs need the apples and milk and how it is for the good of everyone. Re-read the last paragraph of page 22 and the first 2 of page 23 for Squeeler’s propaganda.

• Says that the The Windmill was Napeolean’s idea, calls Snowball a traitor, says bravery isn't enough and that loyalty and obedience is most important.

“Long Live the Windmill” “Long Live Comrade Napoleon”

Sample Propaganda From Animal Farm

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