Propaganda 2011

Propaganda
–noun

1.

information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc. (dictionary.com)

When I think propaganda, I almost instantly think back the World History class I took at my old high school. Around April or May we began to talk about Europe and World War 2. In the textbook there were all kinds of pictures aiming to influence people to back for a certain country or whether or not to let women fight in the war. A common picture-

 

Dictionary.com's second definition of propaganda-

 –noun

2.

the deliberate spreading of such information, rumors, etc.

Keyword- "RUMORS"!

I couldn't find any obvious propaganda on Google images that I knew was CERTAINLY false, and i didn't want to put anything that I wasn't sure about, then get targeted by the police or something, so I chose not to.


As for propaganda in 2011, Election Day is Tuesday, and we are seeing all kinds of mayoral "propaganda". An important question someone might ask is "Do you think propaganda now and then is still pretty much the same?" And my answer to that would be Somewhat yes. I think some quality things about the posters, radio advertisements, and now T.V. commercials have changed, but the main point of the actual things has stayed exactly the same.

Another Famous picture-

Black Boy Review

At the time of this posting, we are currently through the end of Chapter 4 of one of Richard Wright's books, "Black Boy". Having read the book last year, I know what happens throughout the rest of the novel. Many people would take this as an opportunity to do nothing for the time we are reading it, but I would never. Our recent class discussions have dealt a great deal about getting attention, having it being stolen mostly from his sick grandmother and his now-sick mother.

Richard is often moving from place to place, living with various family members including his mother, aunts, and uncles. He is trying his hardest to adapt to his current living space, when all of a sudden he has to move again. Personally, I don't know of anyone who has moved from place to place or is in and out of foster care, etc., but if I did, I would definitely feel their pain. He is trying to grow up to become as successful and respectful as he can, but the racial tension in this time period set him back a little.