Speech: JFK's "Inauguration Speech"
1) "If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich."
2) The fallacy is the confusion of correlation and causation. A society's inability to help the poor does not cause it to fail at saving the rich.
3) Although many famous speeches rely heavily on rhetoric or fallacies and do little to support arguments with true evidence, the audiences they are geared toward do not always require great reasoning. The brain is wired to respond to statements that sound and/or look good, so even educated individuals are effected by the tricks of rhetoric.
Thursday
Duck and Cover
Overt message: In case of a nuclear explosion, people should duck and cover their faces and necks to protect themselves from the blast and flying debris.
Covert message: America is prepared for emergencies and citizens should trust the government to protect them from anything and everything.
This is considered propaganda because it takes advantage of the repetition and bandwagon techniques. The video discusses the idea that everyone follows its instructions because it is the only way to stay safe. It also repeats the phrase "duck and cover" innumerable times to drill the routine into the audience's mind.
Covert message: America is prepared for emergencies and citizens should trust the government to protect them from anything and everything.
This is considered propaganda because it takes advantage of the repetition and bandwagon techniques. The video discusses the idea that everyone follows its instructions because it is the only way to stay safe. It also repeats the phrase "duck and cover" innumerable times to drill the routine into the audience's mind.
Destination Earth
Overt message: Oil and competition are what make the world go around.
Covert message: Capitalism and innovation have allowed America to become a prosperous nation.
This is propaganda because while this seems like a basic story about oil and competition, the entire video can be seen as a metaphor for America's fight for capitalism in the world. In the end, Ogg the Great was taken out of control and new, free businesses were created. Testimonial and repetition were used as forms of propaganda because the ideas of oil and competition were repeatedly stressed in the video and the space explorer was used as the major supporter of the American ideas of competition and oil.
Covert message: Capitalism and innovation have allowed America to become a prosperous nation.
This is propaganda because while this seems like a basic story about oil and competition, the entire video can be seen as a metaphor for America's fight for capitalism in the world. In the end, Ogg the Great was taken out of control and new, free businesses were created. Testimonial and repetition were used as forms of propaganda because the ideas of oil and competition were repeatedly stressed in the video and the space explorer was used as the major supporter of the American ideas of competition and oil.
Monday
Propaganda (World War II- 1941-1945)
Overt message: Eating less bread will lead to victory in World War II.
Covert message: Fulfilling one's domestic duties is patriotic.
The overt message in this propaganda is promoting the idea of eating less bread while the covert message suggests using domestic skills to cook other things in place of bread. The covert message in this case tells what needs to be done while the covert message explains how a woman should go about doing it. This goes to show that this is propaganda because the hidden purpose explains more than the obvious idea being advertised.
Covert message: Fulfilling one's domestic duties is patriotic.
The overt message in this propaganda is promoting the idea of eating less bread while the covert message suggests using domestic skills to cook other things in place of bread. The covert message in this case tells what needs to be done while the covert message explains how a woman should go about doing it. This goes to show that this is propaganda because the hidden purpose explains more than the obvious idea being advertised.
"Clampdown" by The Clash
This is about how a person is forced to conform to society as he or she grows up. This idea can be proven through the line, "We will teach our twisted speech to the young believers. On the word "clampdown" two hard beats emphasize the word. This musical element helps prove that the "clampdown" disrupts the smooth flowing life of an individual. This song is considered propaganda due to the fact it simply describes the clampdown throughout the song when, in reality, is forming a negative imagine of the clampdown in the listeners' minds.
Tuesday
Propaganda, Persuasion, Rhetoric, and Argument
The quotes from A-C that resonated with me were 11, 34, 80, and 168.
I chose to respond to quote #168.
In this quote, Thomas Carlyle explains that the media is crucial to the success of the government. In fact, he believes that the media is more important than any other estate in parliament. His point supports the theory that the actions the government may take are inconsequential if reporters are unable to gain public support for those specific actions through their stories. The publishers of current events are able to twist their stories in ways to persuade their audiences to support or disapprove of government activity. A reporter's rhetoric has more authority than actual government leaders because the advertisement and use specific wording can cause his audience to form certain opinions of happenings in parliament- regardless of what actually may have occurred. This quote struck a chord with me, because I now realize how the general population's view of government officials and their choices in modern America relies almost completely on media reports.
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